Heat and drought. Fire and flood. Melting polar caps. Rising seas. Pollution and pandemics.…sounds like business as usual in the ongoing...

Independence Day is being celebrated this month in the U.S. Other countries do the same thing for the same reasons. They pay tribute to...

Once, during a Toltec Dreaming workshop many years ago, don Miguel asked his students (of which I was one) to stand in front of a mirror....

Parents sometimes ask me how they can impart this teaching to their children. Don Miguel has often been asked the same question. Every...

Many years ago, I had a friend who was a big part of my life and my family’s life. One day, however, she decided not to be my friend...

A friend once spoke to me about constantly having to push a certain memory away, because it caused him so much emotional pain. He wanted...

Rumi, the Sufi poet, once told a story about a guy who worked for years as a tanner. His job was to soften rawhide, using manure to turn...

I’ve been giving some thought lately to where we can go when we’re not “allowed” to go anywhere. You could say this is the same message...

We’ve come to the end-of-year holidays again. You could say, “Oh, boy, but this year is different…how do we meet social...

This morning, while I was sitting at an outdoor café, I heard a baby saying “blah-blah-blah!” loudly and clearly. “Blah-blah-blah!” Just...

In a time when it should be easy to come up with topics to write about, I can’t decide on any single one. Maybe there’s just too much...

Hello again! Here we are at summer’s end, caught in the current of an approaching autumn. Maybe your routine has already changed and...

Lately, our group conversations have been about setting personal boundaries. So, let’s go over some of what we discussed. Setting a...

Did you ever stop and ask yourself why you’re afraid, even when things are going well? And why do you get so cranky and combative in...

I had a dream last night, where I was teaching a two-day workshop to a large group of students. As I walked in the classroom on the first...

This past brought me another birthday, and even more reasons to celebrate. Birthdays are fun; but I enjoy the company of people I love,...

Hi, everybody. Like many of you, I’m distancing myself from people these days. I’m sequestered at home. On grocery runs, I’m masked and...

The word Toltec, as you’ve probably learned by now, means artist. The ancient Toltecs were artisans in the practical sense, but the word...

I’ve been hearing a lot about cleansing diets lately. It’s that time of year, I guess– time to organize drawers and clear out closets....

You’ve heard the old saying, “Youth is wasted on the young.” It makes a lot of sense. It does seem unfair that so many blessings should...