In my last blog, I eulogized the Indian spiritual teacher Krishnamurti, and rightly so. He was an explosive spark leading to this emerging transformation-revolution that I discussed in that earlier blog. But in the spirit of full disclosure, I must finally say in public something that happened to me very privately, almost three decades after [...]

There is currently a buzz in many circles about the word ‘presence’ and how we can tap into a deeper quality of presence in our lives. Presence is all about ‘being present’ in the present moment. But … how can we be more present? Most of my work both for corporate and individual application centers [...]

John’s unique approach to helping people transcend insomnia and  fall sleep naturally has been featured in special infomercials, in hospital television programming, and elsewhere. Based on his original book, Secrets Of A Good Night’s Sleep, this audio program closely follows the DVD video program also available on this site. Scientific studies show that sleeplessness is [...]

For many years now, we’ve been exploring the impact of stressed breathing patterns on mental alertness and other cognitive functions. I’ve just done a new review of research on this important theme, and the documentation now entirely clear: When stress and anxiety, time pressure and other stressors tense the natural breathing cycle, the resultant shallow [...]

One of the most important video meditation programs on our “QUIET MIND” DVD is called “Emotional Help”, and this month you can enjoy this video here on our site for free. This guided video program is designed to be experienced several times a week, to help you discharge pent-up emotions, heal old emotional wounds, balance [...]

Because I began my career working as a therapist struggling to integrate cognitive therapy and meditation, I’ve been watching the great progress people like Steven Hayes (psychology professor at the University of Nevada) who has step by step managed to bring mindfulness meditation into the mainstream of cognitive therapy during the last ten years or [...]

Each interview I’ve given during the last 3 months for Expand This Moment has been unique, now that I’ve learned to really let the interviewer bring out of me what he or she is drawn to … these new interviews reflect that highly-intereactive spirit of engagement – where I find myself saying things that are [...]

Someone observing our current culture from afar would probably notice that we spend a great deal of time focusing on conflict points rather than choosing to focus on more-rewarding cooperation points. As if in self-torture, we tend to fixate on what upsets us – makes us angry and stressed out and worried and confused and [...]

So often, during the period of my life where I was doing a lot of marriage counseling, I would see otherwise quite beautiful relationships on the verge of breaking apart, simply because one or both of the people had faulty ‘togetherness’ programming from their childhood, mostly from their parents’ relationship patterns. All too often, young [...]