The Chief Maven on May 21st, 2009

Let’s start with what I mean by microbes, ok? When I talk about microbes I mean bacteria, fungus and virus… They live on us, they live from us. Some of them are useful, like digestive bacteria, some of them are neutral in small numbers, debilitating in large, like Candida, and some of them are intent [...]

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The Chief Maven on June 2nd, 2008

You were born to become a billionaire… are you there yet?
If not, check how much your “roots” have to grow… it is all in the mindset. This gardening analogy offers new insights to what keeps you small and struggling.

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The Chief Maven on April 24th, 2008

I have found that your state (physiology) not only reflects but defines your state.
You can observe others or yourself. When you are depressed, or bored you slump, you hang your head… your physiology shows that you are depressed/bored.
If you want to change your mood, you first have to change your state. That is why exercise [...]

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The Chief Maven on April 16th, 2008

I was walking down the street when I was accosted by a particularly dirty and shabby-looking homeless woman who asked me for a couple of dollars for dinner.
I took out my wallet, got out ten dollars and asked, ‘If I give you this money, will you buy wine with it instead of dinner?’
‘No I had [...]

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The Chief Maven on April 11th, 2008

A few years ago my mother visited me from Europe. I saw her for the first time in 10 years. It was very stressful. As soon as she left, I came down with extreme fatigue. I tried to rest, I tried to pop vitamins, I tested “every kind of elixir known to man” I felt. [...]

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The Chief Maven on April 7th, 2008

“A married man who used to be a woman says that he is pregnant and will give birth to a baby girl in July.”
When asked how it feels to be a pregnant man, Thomas Beatie replied:
“Despite the fact that my belly is growing with a new life inside me, I am stable and confident being [...]

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The Chief Maven on April 7th, 2008

Is Thomas Beatie a true pregnant man?
In case any has missed it in the news or on Oprah, there is a pregnant man in our midst. This man’s name is Thomas Beatie. If you have been watching Oprah, or reading the news, you would know this man is a transgender pregnant man, and therefore was [...]

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The Chief Maven on April 7th, 2008

The Pregnant Man: Thomas Beatie.
Thomas Beattie lives in Oregon and is married to a woman named Nancy. He’s pregnant.
To our neighbors, my wife, Nancy, and I don’t appear in the least unusual. To those in the quiet Oregon community where we live, we are viewed just as we are — a happy couple deeply [...]

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The Chief Maven on April 2nd, 2008

This article is going to be eclectic: I am taking methods and distinctions from Werner Erhard, from Robert Fritz, from Eckhart Tolle… and of humble myself… hey, after 22 years of transformational coaching I do have my own methods and distinctions!
So let’s start right away.
I am going to recount a conversation from yesterday: this way [...]

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