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How Having Fun Can Make You More Effective

January 20, 2020 by Colin Beavan Leave a Comment

Do you ever hold yourself back because of self-criticism? Do you see opportunities slip away because of how nervous you are? Learn why joy is more important than you thought to be confident.

Filed Under: Career and Work Life, Happiness and Life Satisfaction, Relationships, Family and Friendship, Spirituality and Personal Growth

What if, instead of women leaning in, men leaned out?

November 14, 2019 by Colin Beavan Leave a Comment

For so long, in the cultural discourse, there has been this idea that, for women to advance as men do, women just need to be more assertive–to act more as men act. The question I have always had is: Why would women want to advance as men do? I mean, of course, women want equal pay and equal […]

Filed Under: Activism and Social Change, Career and Work Life, Purpose and Meaning, Relationships, Family and Friendship

On The Night Mom Died

July 10, 2019 by Colin Beavan Leave a Comment

I call this one, “Full Moon On The Water On The Night My Mom Died.”

Filed Under: Relationships, Family and Friendship Tagged With: Death, dying, mom, parent

Eulogy To My Mom

July 10, 2019 by Colin Beavan Leave a Comment

Here is a poem that comes from the funeral ceremony of the Zen tradition of which I am a part. It is called The Human Route Coming empty-handed, going empty-handed – that is human.When you are born, where do you come from?When you die, where do you go?Life is like a floating cloud which appears.Death […]

Filed Under: Relationships, Family and Friendship Tagged With: Death, dying, mom, parent

After Mom’s Death

July 10, 2019 by Colin Beavan Leave a Comment

So when my mom was dying, I’d go and visit her in the morning and then take a break and then go visit her in the afternoon again. One day, I was listening to Bonnie Raitt I Can’t Make You Love Me in the car on the way back to her hospital bed. I got […]

Filed Under: Relationships, Family and Friendship Tagged With: Death, dying, mom, parent

Conversation With My Dying Mom

July 2, 2019 by Colin Beavan Leave a Comment

Visiting my mom, she didn’t say much when I arrived. She seemed to want to doze. I got my computer out to pay her bills while she napped. Then I thought twice. I thought, before I go to bill paying, I’d ask if there was anything she needed to discuss. “Yes,” she said, suddenly alert. […]

Filed Under: Relationships, Family and Friendship Tagged With: Death, dying, mom, parent

Success In What Actually Matters

May 16, 2018 by Colin Beavan Leave a Comment

The mythology in our culture is that success and happiness are determined by three things: your job, your romantic partnership, and your stuff (including your house). There is only one problem with that. It’s not true. But there is one thing that, the science shows, predicts success in everything that matters–having a robust, interconnected personal community.

Filed Under: Happiness and Life Satisfaction, How To Be Alive, Relationships, Family and Friendship

Want Friends To Hold You To Those 2018 Resolutions?

February 27, 2018 by Colin Beavan Leave a Comment

What if you had a group of friends who refused to let you fail to achieve your vision for 2018 or any other time? With this blog post, I wanted to help you start that kind of group–a mastermind group–or, if you would prefer, to enroll in my exclusive, facilitated How To Be Alive Mastermind Group.

Filed Under: Activism and Social Change, Happiness and Life Satisfaction, How To, How To Be Alive, Purpose and Meaning, Relationships, Family and Friendship

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