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Self-Love: A Practice

I admit it – I still hold onto old mental programs rooted deeply in self-hatred and denial. These aren’t natural to me as a man or human being (nor are they natural to anyone), but are mental programs I’ve picked up over the years due to our society being deeply rooted in division, a blindness …

Stephen Shelley

To Give is To Shift

Most men and women arrive onto their spiritual path carrying pain and trauma. For many of us, we will initially seek the support of ‘quick fix’ outer resources such as drugs or alcohol, sex, gambling, smoking…you name it. The lures of the outside world are our first search for healing, which never work. Once these …

Men and Freedom

Men & Freedom

If you identify as male in this world, it is very likely that at the base of everything you do there is a longing for freedom. On the surface, it might appear as a desire for more money, more time, or the ability to travel and explore the world. But underneath is the urge to …

Stephen Shelley

I Am A Translator

I recently started a training program for coaches wanting to improve their coaching offer, serve more people and scale their business. It’s going amazing thus far, and I’m getting a lot of value out of it. Of course, one of the initial questions for any coach is – what is my offer? Or, who do …

Stephen Sofia Ucluelet

To “Shift” is to Embody

To “shift” is to move from the posture of disempowered victim (or receiver of life and experience) into a powerfully conscious creator of one’s life. It points to the most dramatic and empowered decision a person can make. For the very few, this happens in a flash. One goes from being deeply asleep to having …

Stephen Shelley

Must Read: “The Surrender Experiment”

“By that stage of my growth, I could see that the practice of surrender was actually done in two, very distinct steps: first, you let go of the personal reactions of like and dislike that form inside your mind and heart; and second, with the resultant sense of clarity, you simply look to see what …

Stephen in Zion

Where Am I In “The Shift”?

Since I am writing a lot about “the shift”, you might wonder…where am I in relation to making “the shift”? ~ Am I fully empowered, living sourcefully and joyfully, each and every moment? ~ Am I full of BS, simply talking about something that I have no true experience of? Just another internet wonk spouting …

The Impotence Of Knowledge in Making “The Shift”

Creativity embeds knowledge so that it can become practice. We move what we’re learning from our heads to our hearts through our hands. We are born makers, and creativity is the ultimate act of integration — it is how we fold our experiences into our being… The Asaro tribe of Indonesia and Papua New Guinea …