I saw a study recently that said that many people are actually LESS happy with social networking then they were without it. It's like hyper fuel for the "keeping up with the Joneses" syndrome. Most folks are not transparent about their actual feelings on Facebook -- in fact I joke...

It sucks to experience rejection.

No one likes it. It's the bane of the dating and entrepreneurial experience.

As someone who has experienced rejection many times, I've figured out something. It's only truly rejection if you own the rejection. Rejection, at its core, is you rejecting yourself.

I know that...

Love is a state of being, a state of giving, a state of non-judgment, of awareness, of compassion and of "action."

It's a tricky thing, love; it's all about balance.

On the one hand it's not healthy to be so unconditional with your loving that you give everything away and...

In what ways do you make yourself wrong?

I don't know about you, but there are tons of ways for me to make myself wrong.

No matter how hard I try, even when my intentions are pure, I am king of making myself wrong when my actions don't please someone...

I've seen "The Social Network" twice and plan on seeing it again at least two more times. I am taken by this movie. It took me about a week to understand consciously why. There is so much jammed into this film that it's hard to take it all in in...

"Pain is not the enemy, the fear of passing through pain is."
--Pia Mellody, "Facing Love Addiction: Giving Yourself Power to Change the Way You Love"

Our world is ruled by LOVE. You might think it's money, but below the desire of money is the desire...

I had done it again...

She said to me, "Mastin, you're a great guy, but I don't think we should keep seeing each other." I knew this was coming, I even felt the same way, but I couldn't help but feel the anxiety of rejection in the pit of...

I'm writing this blog on Day 31.

31 days ago I vowed to do a 30 day "Love Cleanse" and go cold turkey from all forms of romantic and emotional love -- no sex of any kind, no dating, no contact with any persons who I have unbalanced relationships...

There is no safe path on the road to anywhere worth going; and now couldn't be a more exciting time to be alive!

I know there is a lot of doom and gloom out there dear reader, but that's because everyone else doesn't know what you and...

Ah, July 4th. Midsummer is here, the BBQ is out, work is put on hold, fireworks are about to light up the sky and we are surrounded by friends and family. Life is good.

While we celebrate Independence Day today, I want to present a slightly...

"Participate joyfully in the sorrows of the world. We cannot cure the world of sorrows, but we can choose to live in joy."
- Joseph Campbell

I want to express some thoughts I've been having in the wake of the massive BP oil spill. Many of my friends and...

Love -- it's been written about my psychologists, admired by artists, philosophized about by mystics and hated by singles every February 14th. This thing called Love runs our world. Everything we do revolves around Love.

From my Western male point of view, I make money to be able to...

As far as trends go I've seen everything this year, from Ke$ha's glittery pop songs, to Avatar inspired face painted hipsters at Coachella, to the unstoppable force that is Lady Gaga's Monster Ball. There's been tea parties, birthers, Wall Street scapegoats, a huge addition of oil to the Gulf of...

If you're like me, you're seeking a deeper connection with your friends, family and professional career. For years I sought connection outside myself in many different forms, be it drugs, jobs, relationships, travel, starting businesses, consuming entertainment (and the list goes on).

I was YEARNING for attention, approval and...

OK! So here we are, APRIL of 2010! Wow, the year has gone by SOOO fast hasn't it? Not to long ago we were all making our New Year's Resolutions and waving goodbye to 2009.

A quarter of the year is past, which means there's still enough time to...

"To be successful you need the desire to be successful. Ambition can be a dirty word, but it's pretty much more important than anything."

- Natalie Portman

In a world saturated by positive thinking and spiritual gurus, religious dogmas, moms and dads and many threatened by...

It's interesting how life works; we really do bring into our lives on an outer level what we are going through on an inner level. For many people 2009 was a tough year, not only financially, but also personally.

Many of my friends and mentoring clients all went through...

"The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win, you're still a rat." - Lily Tomlin

You've been there before: a long day, lots to do, worrying about the next thing, trying to get through the day. What if I get fired tomorrow? What if I...