Good morning and welcome to "Adventures in Life-Shifting"...my first adventure in blogging! It feels fitting that this is Columbus Day, the day that we celebrate Columbus' so-called discovery of America (not sure that the indigenous people who were already here were too thrilled with being "discovered"...but that is another blog!), because it feels like I am discovering a new world myself today with the inception of this blog. It is exciting, perhaps a bit intimidating, but most of all exhilarating to know that I will have an opportunity to reach out, share, and connect with people around this new landscape of transformation that I call "Life-Shifting".

There are two main goals that I hope to accomplish in writing this blog: 1. I want to share with you some of the amazing gifts--truly gold nuggets of learning--that I receive almost daily from my clients and my interaction with wonderful teachers, students and friends. I am blessed (if sometimes lovingly beaten over the head!) with offerings of insights, suggestions, feedback, and just plain "moments" (those amazing "aha" experiences) that never fail to SHIFT my life in ways that transform and renew me each and every day. I often wake up in the morning or lie down to sleep at night and think, "Wow. THAT was a crazy moment...or a profound dream...or a powerful interaction. What did I learn from that? How am I changed forever? (yes...I'm, not exaggerating here: changed forever!). If only I could share this moment with others, with my clients, with the world!" And now I can...or at least I will try. Some of these "Life-Shifting" experiences are difficult to put into words...and so I may stumble and grapple with how to express them...but bear with me on this...for there is gold in them there hills!

2. Secondly, I want to use the medium of this blog to offer you an opportunity to get a first-hand look at some of the work that my writing partner, great friend and psychotherapist, Judy Fox, and are I doing as we collaborate on our first book project: Life-Shifting: Mastering the Art of Self-Renewal". As we frame the chapters and flesh out drafts together, we will share some of our writing and thinking. Some of this may come across as formative, even rough and not quite articulated just the way we want it, but our hope in sharing these previews with you is to encourage feedback and dialogue. We are as much students of Life-Shifting as we are teachers...and the more ways we can practice, hone our thoughts and clarify our ideas, the better the finished product will ultimately be.

I hope you will enjoy listening in on Judy's and my musings. I hope you will bear with us and have a bit of patience, as we grapple with miracles and paradox and life's un-ending surprises. We want to hear from you and learn about how your life is shifting and moving and changing in amazingly powerful...or even mundane ways. SO join me. Join us. Let's play!!!

Have a great holiday and if you're in New York City...relish this glorious sunshine!

Peace. Dr J