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Since our new webcast is called "The Conscious Reality Show," everyone keeps asking me, "What's conscious reality mean?" Author teacher Byron Katie has said "You can argue with the way things are. You'll lose, but only 100% of the time," which … [Continue reading] about What is Conscious Reality Anyway?
Snicholsblog readers have long grokked that whether Snichols fully understands them or not, she runs with those ideas as if she does. One of those ideas I've run with for years is the concept of "Havingness" (taught to me years ago by the Berkeley … [Continue reading] about Are We Actually Willing to Have What We Say We Want?
Lately, I've been perseverating over the amount of the United States federal budget that goes to military, Homeland Security, and related expenses versus health care, housing, food, and reversing climate change so that we can actually continue to … [Continue reading] about How am I wasting my vital resources defending myself instead of living abundantly?
I launched a webcast last week and barely told you about it. It's what the restaurants call a "soft opening," so I shouldn't publicize it further until we're ready for the hoards to watch. But in some quarters, posting on snicholsblog doesn't yet … [Continue reading] about The Conscious Reality Show with Sara Stevens Nichols has launched
On Tuesday, October 15 at 7pm Pacific Time (natch), my husband Bill Magavern* & I will convene our 2024 California Ballot Measure Forum on Zoom. The focus will be entirely on ballot measures, predominantly the Ten statewide propositions. No … [Continue reading] about Do you Vote in California? Register to Attend Our California Ballot Measure Forum Tuesday, October 15th
Spot-Check Inventory: How Much Do You Know about Your Body, Food & Healing? How much do we really know about what best serves our bodies? what food is ours to eat? and what healers to consult and when to believe them? To find out … [Continue reading] about Try My New Spot-Check Inventory: How Much Do You Know about Your Body, Food & Healing?
Since I'm writing a book on how to know what you know, I thought I'd treat you to some thoughts about what is knowing, and what is not. In Western culture, many human survival strategies masquerade as knowing. Today I'm starting a limited series to … [Continue reading] about Is Thinking the Same as Knowing?
A headline in The Washington Post caught my eye today, "Harris and Trump prep for a debate that could define rest of the campaign." I wasn't thinking about the U.S. Presidential election, but about how often I do this to myself, decide that some … [Continue reading] about Will the outcome of this debate define the rest of your life?
Let's not mince words: Each of the presidential candidates is focused on a particular quality in the 2024 election: Republican Candidate for President, former President Donald Trump is focused on fear. Democratic Candidate for President, … [Continue reading] about While the candidates focus on Fear & Joy in the November Elections, My Focus is Faith (what’s yours?)
I choose to get up early every morning even though I don't have to. I was raised to be a late bird. Most nights I'd fall asleep to the clatter of our father's manual typewriter as he wrote plays and the loud television as our mother strained to hear … [Continue reading] about Do the One Thing First & Early
My husband and I just finished binging the third season of The Bear on Hulu.* The story of a highly dysfunctional family (you discover just how dysfunctional over the course of the series) trying to run a restaurant is, as all critics will and … [Continue reading] about Are you a Chef or a Jeff? Spiritual Lessons of The Bear
As the grandchild of a Jungian, I was raised on "synchronicity"--the Jungian term for paying attention to coincidence. My grandmother, Sally Stevens Nichols, author of Jung and Tarot: An Archetypal Journey, lived by it, and my mother definitely … [Continue reading] about Pay Attention to Coincidence