The unexamined life is not worth living — Socrates Do you ever think about this quote? There are probably plenty of people who disagree with Socrates, but I, for one, do not. It seems natural, even innate, to want to make the most of one’s life. To have a good life seems…
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Can We Treat Death as a Mentor?
Ok, I know, this sounds weird but hear me out. Humans are freaked out by death. I’m not saying I’m any different, just drawing attention to this in hopes of reducing our suffering. Today I’m wondering what life would be like if we could change our relationship with death. The Toltec…
Walk Your Talk to Win at Life
There was a time when my relationship with my father was pretty good. But during my teenage years I pretty much avoided him. During that period he gave me a lot of advice I didn’t want nor listen to. One of the things he told me was that I needed…
Codependency as an Addiction (KEW Episode 125)
Divorce taught me that I had been very codependent in my first marriage. Many would argue that my ex-wife was narcissistic. As KEW readers and listeners know, I don’t like either of those words but I think they describe some very human attributes. Some people are very confident and others…
Systems Thinking ( KEW Episode 122)
While this is not a definitive treatise on Systems Thinking, I wanted to talk a bit about this topic as it is relevant to many of my posts. People tell me that out-of-the-box thinking is atypical. Most people seem to think of the world in simplified, or at least minimized…
KEW Acid Tests Questions. What Do We Want to Know?
Who Am I? Why Are We Here? What is My Purpose? Are We Living ‘Right’? Questions like this – the ‘big questions’ have been around since antiquity. It’s fun to think about when our brains reached a point in evolution where we started having luxury time. Because it’s a luxury…
“Life is Supposed to Change; It’s Up To You” KEW Episode 100: The Evolution Paradox
Everything about our ‘biological-ness’ is related to change. The developmental stages are all changes. We all grow bigger through life. We go through a brief period of fast growth, then switch over to a period of reproduction. These things are true for all life forms. We share, with ALL biology,…
‘How to Be a Master Your Addictions and Win at Life’ FLASHBACK! KEW Episode 19: Addiction
Are you addicted to anything? Are you NOT addicted to anything, is more like it. Aren’t we all addicted to something? Even my ex-mother-in-law, who was as pious and church-going as they come drank 4-5 diet cokes daily. We all have something. Most of us. Booze, nicotine, weed, xanax, sex,…
Preview KEW The Are vs Should Interview Series: Pat Schulte (Bumfuzzle)
I can’t wait for you to see or listen to this Episode. Asking Pat to come on the podcast was a long shot. We are so lucky he could make time for us. I use the term ‘analog’ as a means of an introduction. In short, He and his wife,…
Preview KEW The Are vs Should Interview Series: Dalton Johnson
Ok, so I got pretty lucky (again) when Dalton Johnson agreed to be interviewed on KEW. Like Dawn Bates, I met Dalton in a facebook group that links podcast with potential interviewees. All I knew about Dalton is, again like Dawn, he seemed to live more in his ‘are’. From…