Spiritual – Personal Think Tank

Inaugural “Cultivate Mature Masculinity” Group Meeting!

I’m excited to celebrate completing the very first “Cultivate Mature Masculinity Meetup” group meeting! Our first meeting (on Tuesday, June 26th, 2018) was terrific. We had a small but mighty group of four men who spoke about our current life and relationship challenges, listened to each other and offered and received support. It feels great to meet regularly – to really know and feel in your gut that other men struggle with the same challenges that you […]

June 27th, 2018|Categories: Behavior Change, Networking & Community, Personal Effectiveness, Personal Growth, Relationships, Spiritual, Uncategorised, Values, Vision & Mission|

Cultivating Uncertainty

Tony Robbins’ list of Six Human Needs he believes we all share include:

Certainty/Comfort
Uncertainty/Variety
Significance
Love & Connection
Growth
Contribution

Uncertainty is generally healthy for most of us, especially if it occurs as “variety.” Variety generally has a positive connotation and as such doesn’t feel threatening. “Do I want to go to a movie, or stay home and watch a video?” you might ask yourself.” “Do I want to go to Costa Rica or Montreal for vacation this year?” you may discuss with […]

June 17th, 2018|Categories: Behavior Change, Personal Effectiveness, Personal Growth, Spiritual, Uncategorised, Values|

The Art of Listening

I’ve been thinking more and more about listening lately. Not just hearing but truly listening. Listening with curiosity. Listening with presence. Four categories of listening that come to mind for me include:

– Self Listening
– Relationship Listening
– Spiritual Listening

Self Listening

Self Listening can be described as our attempt to make meaning by evaluating how current situations made up of incoming communications and sensory information compare and contrast against the elaborate story we currently believe about ourselves, so that […]

February 26th, 2018|Categories: Communications, Personal Growth, Spiritual|

We’re Ambassadors of Vision and Love

By Roderick Overman

I don’t know about you, but I’ve been thinking about who we human beings really are. About why we’re here. I’ve come to the conclusion that it’s actually very simple – We are ambassadors of vision and love.

On the surface it appears we’re all daughters, sons, mothers, fathers, clerks, restaurant workers, construction workers, baristas, bank tellers, clients and patients, marketing representatives, managers, computer programmers, web developers, naturopaths, corporate executives, lawyers etc. etc. It appears as though some may […]

January 15th, 2017|Categories: Personal Growth, Spiritual, Vision & Mission|