The PMI-ACP Exam is ready…are you?

January 31, 2012.  The PMI-ACP Exam is available for qualified applicants.  The exam is back on – you can take it now!  PMI completed the pilot program at the end of November, 2011.  Then, we experienced a blackout period so that those mysterious psych…

Part 1 – Three Blessings on the Journey

2012-01-25 – Part 1 – Three Blessings on the Journey – Drawing on a wonderful teaching story from the Upanishads, these two talks explore the role of forgiveness, inner fire and looking at our own minds, in finding freedom. Please support this podcast …

The Exam is Changing

I’ve had 2 Students in the last week ask about changes to the PMP® exam scheduled for February.  There are none! The PgMP® is changing…not the PMP.  The PgMP is the Program Management Professional certification, and it is not the same as the PMP, Proje…

Part 2 – Trusting Your Basic Goodness

2012-01-18 – Part 2 – Trusting Your Basic Goodness – Einstein says the most important question we will ever ask ourselves is, “Is this universe a friendly place?” Do we trust that there is something essentially benevolent or good about this universe? T…

Part 1 – Trusting Your Basic Goodness

2012-01-11 – Part 1 – Trusting Your Basic Goodness – Einstein says the most important question we will ever ask ourselves is, “Is this universe a friendly place?” Do we trust that there is something essentially benevolent or good about this universe? T…

Taking Refuge

2012-01-04 – Taking Refuge – This class explores the three classic gateways to true refuge – Buddha (awareness), Dharma (path, truth of reality) and Sangha (spiritual friends, loving relatedness). It includes reflections and a ceremony that supports us…

The Blessings of Embodied Presence

2011-12-29 – The Blessings of Embodied Presence (retreat talk) – All that we cherish – love, creativity, wisdom and aliveness – becomes available when we come home to an embodied presence. This talk looks at how the two wings of mindfulness and compas…

No Mud No Lotus

2011-12-21 – No Mud No Lotus – Our attitude in the face of life’s challenges determines our suffering or our freedom. This solstice talk explores the light of compassion that blossoms when we honor our difficult times with a deep, mindful attention. Pl…

Delay of PMI-ACP Pilot Results

Many of us had heard the rumor that PMI was going to delay the PMI-ACP pilot results until early next year, and today this was confirmed. The truth is, delays happen. Everyone who has managed a project (waterfall or Agile) has encountered unforeseen is…

The Dance of Relational Trance

2011-12-14 – The Dance of Relational Trance – When we become emotionally reactive in our relationships, we often go into a trance that creates separation and locks us into a narrow sense of self. This talk explores how, by pausing and deepening our at…

The Secret to Crushing Neediness

NEEDINESS. BLECH. If you could touch it, neediness would be slimy. If you could see it, neediness would be a toxic cloud that enters the room before you do. Neediness would smell like a port-o-let used by hippies after a three day summer music festival…

The Backward Step

2011-12-07 – The Backward Step – Our habit is to think we are on our way someplace else, and that our happiness is to be found outside ourselves. Yet realization becomes possible when we take the backward step into the formless dimension of our own bei…

Genuine Acceptance

2009-08-26 – Our capacity to accept this life is key to our freedom, yet there are many misconceptions about acceptance: People wonder, if acceptance makes us a doormat in relationships? Isn’t acceptance akin to resignation? Doesn’t it make us passive…

Pathways to a Grateful Heart

2011-11-23 – Pathways to a Grateful Heart – When we are filled with gratitude, we are living from the most sincere, awake part of our being. This talk explores three pathways of practice that open us to serving and savoring this life. Please support t…

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