If our thoughts and energy are not supporting our life, then our life will not feel supported. Therefore, we must take responsibility for our life by consciously supporting ourselves in every given moment.

The best place to begin is always with gratitude. Don't wait until you feel better to do this work. Now is the time. You will never arrive. You will never get where you think you're going, because life will always take you in a direction you couldn't have imagined.

Intentions and goals are tools for liberation. But when we use goal-chasing like a hammer, it can beat up on our self-esteem, relationships, and creativity.

Sometimes it can feel like dreaming of more than what we've got betrays our current reality. As if to wish for something different means that we're unappreciative of what we have. Dreaming and guilt should never be in the same room together.

It's a crime against the human spirit that we so often disassociate positive emotions from the pursuit of success. We tell ourselves that It'll be worth it when we get there, and we grind and crank and endure our way to the goal posts.

This is the first video in an interview series called "May Cause Miracles," in honor of my forthcoming book. In this series I'll feature my miracle worker friends and riff on how they live a miraculous life.

Say thank you to what's on its way to you. Go meet it halfway.

Now, let's be clear, there are two types of "easy" when you're choosing to take the Creative Genius "easy way". There's Quality easy and cheap easy. W...

Genius is the ability to receive from the universe. --The I Ching It's almost unsettling to go there, isn't it? When I try to answer that question fo...

If you bring forth what is within you, what you bring forth will save you. If you do not bring forth what is within you, what you do not bring forth w...

Most of us rarely have the opportunity to be the subject of a focused interview. Having the honor of being in that hot seat can be incredibly illuminating, and it's an effective way to clarify your driving force and Creative Genius. You just gotta ask.

When I say be creative, I don't mean you should all go and become great painters and great poets. I simply mean let your life be a painting, let your ...

You may be an event planner who is really in the business of stress management or trend spotting. Some doctors are more in the business of data dispensing than caretaking. The best hairstylists I know are actually in the healing and empowerment industry, and some of the best receptionists are in the same business as bodyguards-- they're protective ninjas. Some project managers exist to motivate. Yoga studios are community builders. Waiters sell charm, residential real-estate agents sell comfort, and we all know that bartenders are really in the therapy business.

When you can create positive emotions around money, you raise your "frequency". Your inner vibration starts to hum to the same tune as your creative power. A healthy relationship to prosperity makes for more free-flowing Creative Genius.

You are the economist of what matters most to you. In terms of physical existence, there are two kinds of having: the material and the experiential...

Fill your day with Creative Genius-inducing environments and actions. Imagine it. The whole point of this "perfect twelve exercise" is to actually create those ideal twelve hours -- or as close to it, even if it's just fifteen minutes, as frequently as possible until that idealism is the fabric of your everyday reality and lifestyle. Day to day makes up a lifetime. Make each day your work of art.

It doesn't matter what you do for a living or from where your money flows; declaring how much money you want to earn, attract, and throw down is mighty empowering. Ideally, what you do for a living has something to do with your Creative Genius. It's always good to have your muse and your money in the same room.

Call it what you want: the zone, the flow, the magical gap, the illuminating silence . . . there is a place in space and time where we tend to think and feel most clearly. And in that place is where muses love to get your Creative Genius all fired up.

I attended a teleseminar of Patti Digh's (author of Life Is A Verb) in which she posed this question: If you knew that your art would support your lif...

The gratitude you receive from others is a reflection of your genius. Create a habit of noticing where and when appreciation comes to you in your lif...

Take stock: Who's on your bus-- who are you co-creating with? And how do they see the world? Now let's turn that around to get to your genius place:...

Your aspirations show up in your admiration. Mother Teresa's mystical devotion, Obama's steady character, Angelina's boldness, your grandparent's inte...

Muscles get inflamed and choked from repetitive overuse. And it takes just one overtaxed muscle to stifle an entire limb, which then throws off the al...

How many mornings do we choose email over meditation, or let deadlines pull rank on stretching, cuddling, or a glass of water swallowed slowly and app...

In the name of the Fire, The Flame And the Light; Praise the pure presence of fire That burns from within Without thought of time. --John O'Donohue S...