http://www.isnare.com/?s=author&a=Edward+Mills Self Help Edward Mills Wed, 22 Mar 2006 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=41664&ca=Self+Help I admit it: I’m a big fan of the Law of Attraction. It’s become one of the focal points of my life and of my coaching and teaching practice. However, I’ve discovered that there is one drawback to the Law of Attraction: It takes all the fun out of complaining! Once you understand the basic principles... Self Help Edward Mills Wed, 22 Mar 2006 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=41665&ca=Self+Help We had a little excitement this morning at home. My wife came out of the bathroom and said, quite calmly, “Ed, there’s a big black spider in the bathtub.” Since I was watching my daughter, Ella, at the time, I carried her in there to investigate. I was a bit surprised that my wife did not call it a... Self Help Edward Mills Mon, 20 Mar 2006 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=41364&ca=Self+Help On a crisp June night I’m lying in my sleeping bag at 10,000 feet in the Sierra’s Desolation Wilderness. Here, far from the light and haze of the Bay Area, the sky is deep black, but thick with twinkling dots and dim wisps of cottony light. When I look from the corner of my eye, the dim lights becom... Self Help Edward Mills Mon, 20 Mar 2006 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=41365&ca=Self+Help Earlier this month as I sat at the desk by the upstairs hall window, looking down on the blossoming apple trees and the vineyard beyond, I suddenly heard a fluttering sound behind me. A house finch had flown into the open window at the other end of the hall. I watched her fly around the hall and int... Self Help Edward Mills Mon, 20 Mar 2006 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=41366&ca=Self+Help When I was actively training at the Karate Dojo, every workout included time spent repeating individual techniques over and over and over and . . . well you get the idea. We would stand in a circle and count off by tens and twenties, punches, chops and kicks, as the Sensei and senior students came a... Self Help Edward Mills Mon, 20 Mar 2006 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=41367&ca=Self+Help On a recent early morning, I sat on the floor beside my daughter Ella, writing in my journal as she stretched and bounced in a desperate and unsuccessful attempt to reach her favorite butterfly finger puppet. Aware of Ella's growing frustration, I wrote about my own frustration with the speed at whi... Self Help Edward Mills Mon, 20 Mar 2006 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=41368&ca=Self+Help From Silence . . . Sound From Stillness . . . Flow From Emptiness . . . Form OK. Time for a pop quiz: If it were possible to remove all the "empty space" from your body, the actual physical matter that remained would fit: A. Inside a bread box. B. In a wine glass. C. On the head of a pin. D. Inside... Self Help Edward Mills Sun, 19 Mar 2006 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=41113&ca=Self+Help This past Sunday I had the privilege of welcoming back a group of women at the completion of their initiation process. After 10-months of weekly meetings – discovering their wounds and their gifts, exploring their scary edges and their hidden joys –these women left Wednesday evening for the culminat... Self Help Edward Mills Sun, 19 Mar 2006 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=41114&ca=Self+Help My wife and I recently had an opportunity to make lemonade out of lemons. Our two regular, daytime childcare providers chose the same week for their summer vacations. Instead of scrambling to find replacements, we decided to take a little break ourselves and go to a nearby hot springs retreat for a... Self Help Edward Mills Sun, 19 Mar 2006 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=41116&ca=Self+Help "I'm going to be an astronaut." "I'm going to be a movie star." "I'm going to be the President." "I'm going to own a chocolate factory!" What were your childhood dreams? We still have the ability to dream big, no matter how old or young, no matter where we live, and no matter what our family belie...