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Action + Inspiration = Magic

Action + inspiration = magic. Action on its own, well, not much magic comes out of that. Inspiration all by itself, again, not much magic comes out of that. You want incredible, mind blowing magical experiences. I like to call them unexpected, unexplainable, good fortune. How do you get there?
You need to [...]

Are you a Casualty of Positivity?

Are you a casualty of positivity? So many people are. “Matthew, I am positive, and I do all the positive things to make myself as super positive as I possibly can, and my life sucks; now what?” Most people don’t realize that positivity is the result of a particular point of view. [...]

The Drunk Monkey and Enlightenment

Chogyam Trungpa says, “Enlightenment is ego’s ultimate disappointment”
I call the ego The Drunk Monkey. The Drunk Monkey believes that enlightenment is something to be achieved and will some how be “its” ultimate accomplishment. When in fact it is only the total surrender of The Drunk Monkey itself.

How to Combat Stress

How do you combat stress?
A lot of my clients come to me and they’re just like the rest of us; they have a big life. They’re up to things and they’re taking things on. When you get a lot of projects going, it’s so easy to get stressed.
There are physical ways to combat stress. [...]

Relationship Blues

The drunk monkey is definitely running your relationship if you are saying, “I love him, but – ” “I love her, but I wish she would – ”
You see, what the drunk monkey says is “If my partner was more like me – if my partner did life the way that I thought they [...]

The Disease of the Mind

Someone once told me that diseases of the mind are far more destructive than the diseases of your body. And I’d like to add to that and say that it’s so often that I see a person who has a disease in the body that started off with a disease in the mind. [...]

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