A fork in the road…

I am in part reluctant to write today, as I have so much to share, as my life has taken a definite turning point, a crystallization and falling-into-place and making-whole of all the experiences, triumphs and tragedies, joys and sorrows of my 3 years with Trellis, 6 years with Rebekah, and indeed the entire stream [...]

Mike Jay on performance management and personal effectiveness

Rebekah and the kids are away for most of the weekend, and so I am enjoying “that blissful solitude, that was so painful in my youth” [Einstein].  Truthfully, the events of the last 6 weeks (starting with the book I am writing and on to extremely exciting events at WordPress Academy, that I haven’t shared [...]

On yoga, bipolarity, mood disorders and religious experience

I have been quiet on this list for some time.  As public a person as I am, and as much as I enjoy baring my soul all over the internet and to anyone who will listen, there are many aspects of my recent experience that are not useful to share – and some others [...]

Trellis House shut down by zoning board

The news is official: The Trellis residential program has been shut down by the Norristown zoning department effective this Friday.  While one may argue about the application of the judgment (we have 3 days to move all tenants and housemates out!), I feel it to be a righteous decision.  And also inevitable – I [...]

Carl Jung writing on loneliness, meaning, and purpose

The last chapter of Carl Jung’s autobiography Memories Dreams Reflections (which is one of my ten favorite books of all time) has always deeply affected me.  It is still, to my mind, the most powerful brief essay on the creative life that I have ever read.  It recently crossed my mind and so I am [...]

“Purpose vs. Personality” – a free audio by Steve Chandler

An old friend of mine, and subscriber to this blog, told me recently that she missed the honesty and vulnerability of the old “Marc’s Life and Travels”.  I agree.  There are a few circumstances in my life that cause me to be a bit less transparent than I normally like to be.  All will be [...]

What question lies at the heart of your work?

I recently came across this fascinating introduction to a new book called Presence: Human Purpose and the Field of the Future, by (among others) Peter M. Senge and C. Otto Scharmer. The book presents a radical new model for leadership based on a new understanding of how organizations function in relationship to individuals’ own "deep [...]

Changes and announcements

A few announcements:

I have setup the “Marc’s Life” list and blog as its own blog, as it isn’t logically part of any of the other businesses that I am creating.  The archive of old posts is still available here.
I have been using the Polyphasic sleep site for generic personal check-ins – understandably as I have [...]

Morehouse course excitement, and misc. other Enlightenments

Life has been really wild here since Rebekah and I came back from Shalom Mountain and since I started my Yoga Transformational Bootcamp a week ago.  Rebekah and I are totally in-sync again, which is a beautiful thing when it happens.  With 3 Morehouse teachers visiting for the Basic Sensuality course, life has become even [...]

On spiritual arrogance and appropriate negative feedback

This article was originally published on Adventures in Relationship and Community as On spiritual arrogance and negative feedback.