Right Now
Hello – There’s a lot of talk right now about making resolutions. People are interested in making this year better than the last one, which means making up their minds to make the requisite changes that will make things happen to make them happy. That’s a lot of...
Why Would Anyone Hire a Life Coach?
Hi, I’m Peter Winslow and I’ve been a life coach for many years. In that time I have come to find that there are a lot of people who have no idea what a life coach does, let alone why anyone would work with one. If you have questions about it, I can help. Why would...
The Mother Lode
I’d like to begin by expressing my best wishes to the mothers in our presence. If you are a mother, if you know a mother or if you know anyone who ever had a mother—I wish you all a wonderful Mother’s Day. Regarding the Mother of all, I find this quote quite apropos:...
More “Insider Information” for Recovery from AS
Today I am pleased to offer you more must-know nuggets of highly powerful “insider information” for attaining remission and recovery from Ankylosing Spondylitis. Before I do, I’ll remind you that the ASVA is completely different from other AS support groups, and we...
Actions Speak Louder Than Words
We’ve all heard the old saw: Actions speak louder than words. So why is it that positive action is something so many people have trouble taking? As I go about my purpose educating, training and leading my tribe, I find the actions some of them would benefit from have...
A Solution For Chronic Pain
We all know that by managing our stress more effectively, we can more easily reverse the symptoms of chronic pain. Enter meditation. Practicing meditation is an ideal solution for reducing your stress and easing your symptoms. It can be as easy as taking a few minutes...
No Problem
Working with a client recently, I had the opportunity to share this incredible insight: Nothing is ever a problem, until you say it is. That means there can be no such thing as a problem, ever. That is, there can be no such thing as a problem until you declare it so....
Your Inner Beauty
Here is a puzzler you may find amusing. See if you have the answer: You can’t fake it, but you can certainly hide it. When you show it, everyone wants it. You can’t buy or sell it, yet it is truly priceless. Got it? If you need a little more to go on, most people have...
How the Body Heals – Part 2
What makes us sick, and who, or what, can make us well? In a very real sense, our thoughts and emotions hold the key. Think about it—when you suppress your guilt, shame, anger, resentment, and other negative emotions… can they make you sick? Recent medical findings...
How the Body Heals – Part One
In order to feel my best I find it helpful to think of healing not in terms of medical science, but as a natural philosophy. Philosophy means the love and pursuit of wisdom. The philosophy of healing entails a deeper experience of inner wisdom, and the awareness of an...
Shift Happens – Part Two
Last time we connected, I mentioned a favorite aphorism of mine: Shift Happens. It’s an amusing turn of phrase, a wondrous truth, enlightening concept, a guide on your path of realization. Following are two of the hidden principles that allow your shifts to flow...
Shift Happens
I recently received a letter from a very light soul who candidly and sincerely offered the following: "Understanding who we are is so confusing. I learn lessons every day, but I see I am still lost.... We read many books, trying to find ourselves. I have a heart that...
Your True Beauty
Many of you are so vibrant that you are absolutely brimming with what I recognize as inner beauty. An amazing asset exudes from your center, radiating into me and into the people around you, filling us with the same wonderful presence that animates you at the deepest...
Your Inner Light
In a recent post we discussed a very poignant topic: true and genuine love. We came to the realization that love isn’t something we do; it is something we are—an inexhaustible presence flowing in us, as us and through us into the world around us. Like humankind, love...
Would You Rather Be RIGHT or HAPPY?
Lately I’ve become aware that like most people, I am very fond being “right.” As I contemplated what this says about me, a deeper question fell into my lap: what if there was no such thing as “right” or “wrong?” What if everything was sacred? There are...
How Do You Measure Up?
Whether your deepest ambitions are mundane or high-minded, it’s a well-known axiom that to manifest your goal, you’ll require “enlistment”—which means taking the simple steps of writing it down, planning your work, and working your plan. Without the blueprint, it is...
Your Own True Love
“God Is Love” was a popular slogan of the hippie era, and if you remember it as I do, we can probably guess each other’s age. Before, during and since, the notion that love is universal, real, and true has been tossed about in every culture the world over. And still,...
Seven Tips for Cultivating A Life of Meaning
Let’s stride back to the future to review some timeless wisdom for an ageless audience. I am honored to re-mind you of a few rules for cultivating your life of meaning. Be sure to make good use of them: Remain in touch with who you are. Contemplation, meditation, and...
You Are The State
You've heard of the remarkable Power of Now… but you’ve never heard it like this before. It’s one thing to believe that in theory, we can become fully “present” with life. Yet it's a whole different thing to know how to do so. In this missive I’ll give you a powerful...
A Revolution of Spiritual Evolution
Why do some people feel a passion for spiritual growth, while others don’t? Some say for those who have it, the drive to grow is a clear impulse which leads toward human evolution. Neither is right nor wrong, good nor bad. Yet those who say yes to the evolutionary...