While reflecting on the necessity of retreat, two poles quickly become apparent. On the one hand, as James Hillman exhorts us to "make soul by living life, not by retreating from the world into 'inner work' or beyond the world…
Influence is something I thought a lot about back in the day when I wrote marketing copy for clients. When I was in the marketing world, it quickly became apparent that influence is something that applies to all our interactions,…
I noticed that a recent New Yorker article with the title "The Case Against Travel" received a lot of push back in the comments on Instagram. People love to travel. But the article challenges us to question why we think…
Not a day goes by where I'm not closely observing birds. So that's why I'm glad our next hexagram has my most favorite of nature images: birds! We have three pet cockatiels and many birds visit our backyard throughout the…
One of the things I like about the I Ching, an ancient Chinese book of wisdom, is that the images all come from nature. There aren't references to mythology or complicated symbols. The Hexagram 53: Development (Gradual Progress) image is…