The antithesis to flow is thinking too much. Consider the centipede’s plight: A centipede was happy – quite!Until a toad in funSaid, “Pray, which leg comes after which?”Which threw her mind in such a pitch,She laid bewildered in the ditchConsidering how to run. Early in my coaching career I wondered why it was that… [More…]
The Map is not the Territory
“A map is not the territory it represents, but, if correct, it has a similar structure to the territory, which accounts for its usefulness.” — Alfred Korzybski That above quote from Alfred Korzybski is one of my all-time favorites. And it carries all the punch of a profound spiritual metaphor if you meditate on the… [More…]
A Walk Through the Five Ts: Temperament
“My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person, he believed in me.” – Jim Valvano When folks hear the word “temperament” associated with strength and conditioning, they immediately think of qualities like tenacity, doggedness, want-to, desire, intensity, and the like. And these qualities are important, no doubt. Especially so if someone… [More…]
Mindfulness, Pre-Conditioning, and the Psychology of Possibility
Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing there is a field. I’ll meet you there. When the soul lies down in that grass the world is too full to talk about. – Rumi What in the hell does a Franciscan Friar (Father Richard Rohr, author of The Naked Now) have in common with Physical Culture… [More…]
Psychology, Intensity, and Phenotypical Expression
Kevin Koskella, of the blog and companion podcast Healthy Mind, Fit Body and I recently met in Austin, Texas (the epicenter of Physical Culture) over an awesome cup of joe at my “office”, the fantastic (and thankfully, just down the street from my studio) Thunderbird Coffee. It’s funny — I’m really a rather reserved, quiet,… [More…]