Activate your intimate power through a series of affirmations and visualizations designed to manifest deep and powerful love in your life. Rooted in self-reflective affirmations and energizing the chakra system, you'll be guided through a daily practice that connects with the loving wisdom of source energy.

Manifest powerful love with affirmations and chakra work that connects with source energy, to activate your intimate power through daily practice.

Manifest Deep & Powerful Love

Does this ever happen to you? Perhaps if you work from home like I do much of the year, you also struggle with finding work/life balance when there isn’t a clear punch-in/punch-out clock. So, how does one find focus amid the Sirens of distraction?

Struggling with work/life balance when working from home? Learn how to find focus and overcome distractions in this article.

3 Ways to Find Focus Amid Distraction

In her bestselling book, The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up, author Marie Kondo asks us this question and it’s amazing to me just how often I’ve said “No” when asking myself it. And now, I challenge you to ask the same question: What adds spark to your life?

Marie Kondo asks what adds spark to your life in her book, "The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up."

Add Spark to Your Life

What I’d like to explore with you today is what I learned in a Jungian analysis workshop I attended in New York and led by certified Jungian analysts, Morgan and Jenn Stebbins. Based on Carl Jung’s exploration of the unconscious, I’d like to leave you with three helpful steps to use the images that arise in your life as a spotlight to brighten your path on purpose.

Learn how to use unconscious images to brighten your path with three helpful steps from a Jungian analysis workshop led by certified analysts.

Unconscious Images To Guide Your Path

What makes a lotus flower so unique is that it’s a little beautiful bright flower that sits atop the water with roots that travel deep into the muddy muck far below. Its symbolism represents the beauty that can grow out of the muck in our lives. What can it teach us? It turns out, quite a bit.

The lotus flower symbolizes beauty growing from muck, offering valuable life lessons.

Lessons from the Lotus Flower

William Blake inevitably died leaving little money to his name, yet his flesh went to the grave while his best work continued to thrive. What can we learn from Blake about living our lives on purpose? Largely criticized and often viewed as mad, Blake produced what now has been pivotal work that shifted how society thinks. Through his work, he showed us the sublime: those divine aspects of life that shake one with terror while equally beholding the majesty of existence.

William Blake's legacy lives on despite his impoverished death, teaching us to live purposefully and appreciate the sublime aspects of life that he captured in his work.

Seek Approval from the Inside

“The marble not yet carved can hold the form of every thought the greatest artist has.” Let’s dissect Michelangelo’s words and talk a bit about creating art. I mean, what does creating art mean anyway? And why is it important that we all do it?

Michelangelo's words suggest that uncarved marble can hold the form of every thought of an artist, leading to the discussion of the meaning and importance of creating art.

Are You Creating Art?

Imagine the impact of the people you spend time with, the spaces you live in, and the content you consume daily. These influences play a crucial role in shaping your beliefs and attitudes. In this short talk, you'll learn to create an environment that nurtures your mind, elevates your spirit, and helps you become the best version of yourself. The result? You have the power to transform your surroundings and, in doing so, transform your life.

Your environment shapes your beliefs and attitudes, learn to create a nurturing space to become the best version of yourself and transform your life.

The Power Of Influence On Your Life

This talk explores two simple ways to find the story that drives your decision-making. Most likely unconscious, we all have an internal narrative that either pushes us to grow or holds us back from reaching our unlimited potential. The key is uncovering this story and then re-framing it to serve the unfurling of our greatest Self.

Find and reframe your internal narrative to unlock your unlimited potential.

The Story You Tell Yourself

Compassion for the self moves one further down the hero’s journey. If we disagree with someone, if we feel hurt, or if we love someone and haven’t deeply shared it, we’re not being honest with ourselves. We’re not showing compassion to ourselves. We’re holding ourselves back from truly learning from the experience. And perhaps it’s these lessons that we sometimes need to open a door to the next stage in our journey.

Self-compassion is crucial in progressing through life's challenges and learning from experiences, allowing us to move further along the hero's journey.

Practicing Direct Compassion

The lights went up. I came on stage. And before I knew it, there I was bowing before the audience feeling healthy and happy with that high that all actors know comes after a performance. Exhale. The applause died down and with my first step off the stage, I transformed back into my terribly sick self. How could this be? I thought to myself. One minute, I’m sick. The other, I’m healthy, and then I’m sick again?!

Actress experiences temporary relief from illness on stage but reverts to sickness upon leaving, leading to confusion and concern.

What You Focus on Expands

What am I creating? Because you came into this world through creation, in the answer to that question lies your divine-inspired purpose. Your unique life. Your unique beauty. Your unique story. There’s something only you can create. To help break this down a bit, here are three simple steps to answering that question.

Discover your divine-inspired purpose through creation and unleash your unique story with these three simple steps.

One Question for True Purpose

Practice letting go of any results and continue to focus on giving 110% of your effort. It’s a way of living where you give everything in life your best effort and then practice being content with the results.

Give your best effort but let go of results, practice contentment.

Letting Go into the Unknown

From a behavioral perspective, we’re now spending twenty years (or more) sitting in the classroom. This conditions us to be the receiver of knowledge instead of a creator. It’s why we feel safe in beta-mode or prototyping behind the walls of the classroom, yet terrified to share our work with the world to critique. Now, the real work begins.

Spending 20 years in the classroom conditions us to receive knowledge, but not create; it's time to move from beta-mode to sharing our work with the world.

Unlearning After College

Aristotle reminds us that “We are what we repeatedly do.” If what we do every day is work so hard that we lose sight of the present, then we enter what Carl Jung called enantiodromia: a.k.a. a mid-life crisis. That’s when one day, says Jung, after many years of working so hard that keeping busy becomes a habit, we lift our heads up from work and wonder where the years have gone.

Aristotle warns that if we repeatedly work so hard that we lose sight of the present, we risk a mid-life crisis, where we wonder where the years have gone.

Avoiding a Mid-Life Crisis

In this talk, I share the other part of the story of Icarus that you likely have never heard. Why? That answer speaks to a larger theme in much of our cultural paradigm.

The untold part of Icarus' story reveals a cultural paradigm in this engaging talk.

Growing Your Edge(s)

It’s entirely normal for us to run into some sort of wall in our lives, whether that’s in the work that we do or it’s in our personal lives. But how does one break out of a rut and push through personal limitations? In this talk, I offer five considerations.

Breaking personal limitations and pushing through a rut is possible with 5 considerations - a talk summary.

Breaking Through Personal Limitations

It’s amazing how the world’s many cultures have defined the transition from childhood to adulthood. Whether it’s a tribal celebration around a bonfire that culminates in a post-pubescent circumcision or donning a long black robe w/ cap and tassel to receive a slip of paper that says “You Are Now Credible”, each culture has attempted to clearly define the transition from childhood to adulthood. Yet, there's an internal shift that needs to occur when we move from a socialized mind to a self-authoring mind. It's just a bit harder than we like to think.

Cultures have different ways of defining the transition into adulthood, but the internal shift from a socialized mind to a self-authoring mind is harder than expected.

Create Your Own Credibility

Personal writing has often been looked at as the writing to keep to ourselves. What I’d like us to consider is that when we share our personal narratives, we empower others to lift the masks we are so often coerced to wear. By sharing authenticity, we spawn authenticity.

Sharing personal narratives empowers authenticity in others, lifting the masks we are often coerced to wear.

Writing To Uncover The Self

This talk focuses on building up an accountability system that keeps the creative engine churning. And churning. And churning. Because let’s face it: The truth is that real extraordinary work requires a team. Yes, you are strong on your own. But you are much stronger when you surround yourself with people who build you up.

Building an accountability system that keeps the creative engine churning with a strong team is necessary for producing extraordinary work.

5 Accountability Strings to Pull You Up

In this 5-minute meditation, you're guided through a series of visualizations that you can practice on your own or use as a tool when leading a gathering where you want people to drop in and be deeply present with one another. When leading a gathering, spend a few moments afterward reflecting with one another on what showed up for each of you: i.e. what memory came to mind? Who showed up as your support community?

A 5-minute meditation with visualizations to practice individually or to promote deep presence in group gatherings, followed by reflection.

A Boost of Happiness

Sometimes the path you are currently on (the project you are working on instead of spending time with friends, the work you are doing instead of building your hobby, the children you are raising instead of vagabonding around the world, and so on) is your hero’s journey. It’s a beautiful path that fulfills you without the need to chase FOMO. Sometimes not giving into FOMO allows you to focus on the things that matter most.

Fulfillment can come from the path you are currently on instead of chasing FOMO; focus on what matters most.

The Fear of FOMO

In this spoken word meditation, you're guided to reflect on how your choices today become the stories your descendants will share for generations. You are carving your legacy into the fabric of time, becoming a regenerative force that will live on in the wind, the soil, and the hearts of your people. Let this meditation guide you to live with a deeper purpose, knowing that every step you take today shapes the world of tomorrow. This session invites you to reflect on your daily actions and their lasting impact, connecting you to the long line of ancestors you will one day join. Perfect for those seeking to live with intention and leave a meaningful legacy.

Reflect on your choices today as they shape your descendants' stories for generations, guiding you to live with purpose and leave a lasting legacy.

When You Become An Ancestor: Spoken Word

Mark Guay shares how fatherhood can be a powerful path to greater self-awareness and leadership in this talk. Mark offers practical tools and personal stories to show how facing fears and inner challenges can lead to deeper connections with your children and a lasting impact on future generations. Whether you’re a dad wanting to grow or a leader seeking more purpose, this talk will guide you toward becoming the father you’re meant to be.

"Mark Guay discusses how fatherhood can lead to self-awareness and leadership through facing fears and inner challenges, offering practical tools."

The Shadow Work in Fatherhood

This short talk is a call to all fathers to embrace our most important role with dedication, love, and an open heart. Together, we'll learn how our presence can shape our children's future and create a lasting legacy of love and support.

A call for fathers to embrace their role with dedication, love, and an open heart to shape children's future and legacy.

A Message to New Fathers

When we live from a place of gratitude, the struggles we face seem to part like clouds to reveal a warming sun. Designed for everyday use, this gratitude meditation quickly helps reset one's mindset to regain a solid foundation of being. Great for short-term results. Profound for a long-term perspective shift.

Gratitude meditation helps reset mindset for short-term results and long-term perspective shift, making struggles appear less daunting.

24/7 Gratitude

This meditation is based on the work of psychologist Abraham Maslow and rooted in the ancient art of energizing the chakra centers. In it, you'll listen to the smooth vocal tones of Tibetan monks and manifest your unlimited potential through a series of empowering affirmations and visualizations.

Meditation inspired by Maslow and chakras, featuring Tibetan monks and empowering affirmations to help manifest unlimited potential.

Manifest Your Unlimited Potential

This meditation practice prepares the body, the mind, and the soul for deep and restful sleep. You’ll begin by slowing down the breath to relax the nervous system, call upon the wisdom of your spiritual counsel, and then activate the body’s subtle energy to build a protective cocoon for restful and rejuvenating sleep.

Meditation for restful sleep: slow breath, seek spiritual counsel, activate body's energy to build protective cocoon for rejuvenating sleep.

A Ritual For Rejuvenating Sleep

A guided practice to awaken the heart's intelligence. Rooted in developmental psychology, you'll be guided through a series of visualizations with time for contemplation and integration. This short but powerful practice expands one's consciousness to live fully & love deeply.

Guided heart awakening practice using developmental psychology visuals, expanding consciousness for full living & deep love in short time.

The Power of an Awakened Heart

This is a healing meditation designed to connect one to their infinite source of power. Through it, you'll explore humankind's capacity to source the heart's healing light and expand that light from the singular to the collective. It is a powerful practice on its own and even stronger when shared with a group.

Healing meditation connects to source of power, exploring capacity to source heart's healing light and expand it from singular to collective; strong alone and in groups.

A World-Wide Healing Meditation

In this meditation, you'll be guided through a visualization to meet your Inner Father, an embodiment of wisdom, strength, and nurturing guidance within you. This figure transcends traditional notions of masculinity, embodying wisdom, compassion, courage, clarity, and certainty. Your Inner Father is a source of unconditional love and support. He believes in you unconditionally, offers grounded advice, and knows how best to move forward. Your Inner Father is fearless in his commitment to your well-being and is always ready to guide you toward your highest potential. Recognize that he has always been a part of you, waiting to connect more deeply.

Visualize meeting your Inner Father - a source of wisdom, strength, and nurturing guidance within you, embodying compassion, courage, and certainty.

Meeting Your Inner Father

This guided meditation invites you to journey back to your childhood home to reconnect with a younger part of yourself, known as the exile. Using the principles of Internal Family Systems (IFS), you will compassionately approach and retrieve this hidden, wounded part, offering love, support, and reassurance. Through visualization and self-compassion, you will create a safe space for healing and integration, fostering a deeper sense of inner harmony and self-acceptance. Regular practice of this meditation can help you build a nurturing relationship with your inner child, promoting lasting emotional well-being.

Heal your inner child with guided meditation using Internal Family Systems approach, fostering self-acceptance and emotional well-being.

Healing Your Inner Exile: An IFS Journey

This guided meditation is designed to help you transition smoothly from your workday to your time. This practice will lead you through relaxation techniques to release stress and mental clutter accumulated throughout the day. By grounding yourself in the present moment, you will cultivate a sense of calm and presence, enabling you to fully enjoy your evening and connect more deeply with your personal life. Perfect for unwinding after a busy day, this meditation ensures a peaceful and restorative end to your workday.

Guided meditation helps transition from work to relaxation, releasing stress and promoting calm for a peaceful evening.

Mental Reset to Clock Out

This practice includes visualizations and positive affirmations to help the next generation of men throughout the world be great fathers, courageous leaders, and to show up in the world with a compassionate integrated presence.

Using visualizations and affirmations to mold future men into compassionate, successful fathers and leaders worldwide.

The Integrated Man

In this meditation, you'll be guided through a visualization to meet your Inner Father, an embodiment of wisdom, strength, and nurturing guidance within you. This figure transcends traditional notions of masculinity, embodying qualities of wisdom, compassion, courage, clarity, and certainty. Your Inner Father is a source of unconditional love and support, always there to hold you with gentleness, infinite compassion, and understanding. He believes in you unconditionally, offers grounded advice, and knows how best to move forward. Your Inner Father is fearless in his commitment to your well-being and is always ready to guide you toward your highest potential. Recognize that he has always been a part of you, waiting to connect more deeply.

Visualize and connect with your Inner Father, embodying wisdom, strength, and compassion to guide you towards your highest potential with unconditional love and support.

Guidance From Your Inner Father

This is an active meditation designed to bring grounded clarity to your day. You'll begin with some natural movement and then be guided through a series of visualizations. At first, you'll connect to the ground beneath your feet and then expand your presence into the sky above. This technique helps relieve anxiety, creates a heightened sense of drive, and connects you to your full-blooded presence: body, mind, and soul.

Active meditation combines natural movement and visualization techniques to relieve anxiety, enhance drive, and connect with your body, mind, and soul.

Rooted Below and Soaring Above

This is a spoken word poem for fathers dedicated to building both a great business and being a dedicated father. Fathers who choose to chop wood, carry water, and reach enlightenment. And then return to do it all over again as a guide for their children.

A spoken word poem praises fathers who balance business success with fatherhood, teaching their children to pursue personal growth.

Spoken Word Poem: Ready For Father

With nothing to lose, Leon filled up his motorcycle’s gas tank and set off from his L.A. flat east to New York. The clothes on his back, one tank of gas, a smile on his face: everything else he’d need would have to come through kindness. His goal? Ride across the world. No big deal, right? What he learned on that trip changed the course of his life forever.

Leon set out on a motorcycle journey across the world with just one tank of gas and the kindness of strangers, changing his life forever.

The Kindness Project

In this modern twist on the classic tale The Emperor's New Clothes, The King’s Cloak of Truth takes listeners on a journey of wisdom and self-discovery. King Everan, a kind-hearted ruler, is gifted an invisible cloak that only the wisest can see—so he’s told. Through the innocent honesty of a child, the king learns a profound lesson: true magic isn’t found in what we wear or how we appear but in the deeper truths within ourselves. Perfect for children and adults alike, this story invites reflection on the power of inner truth, kindness, and the beauty of living authentically.

A modern twist on "The Emperor's New Clothes" teaches King Everan that true magic lies in inner truth and authenticity, not appearances.

The King's Cloak Of Truth

Today, I’d like to talk about love. No, not the kind of love you’re thinking about. I’m talking about platonic love for the Self and others, and I learned it while on a retreat at Blue Spirit in Costa Rica.

The author talks about the importance of platonic love for ourselves and others, learned during a retreat in Costa Rica.

You Are Not Alone

I began to see the physical body as a shell that carries us out through life to teach the soul a lesson or a series of lessons. I thought of my studies in anthropology and marketing and how we as a culture have come to behave in a way that favors the physical body and not the soul. We’ve come to think that a commodity will bring happiness when a physical object cannot feed the soul. The soul is only fed when the body follows one’s inspiration. By living inspired one is living “in spirit” and therein walking down its path on purpose.

The physical body is a vessel that teaches the soul lessons, and living inspired feeds the soul, not physical objects.

Lessons From A Float Tank

Join Wolfgang, a wise and misunderstood wolf, as he guides a young girl on an unforgettable journey through the enchanted forest. In this magical tale, Wolfgang teaches her to listen to the whispers of the trees, the songs of the birds, and the beating of her heart. As she faces her fears and reconnects with the wild world around her, she discovers the strength and wisdom within herself. This heartwarming story is perfect for children and families, blending adventure with life lessons about courage, mindfulness, and self-discovery. It’s an invitation to step outside, breathe deeply, and remember the magic that lives in us all.

A wise wolf guides a girl through an enchanted forest, teaching her life lessons about courage, mindfulness, and self-discovery.