Interview with Chris Guillebeau + Book Giveaway!
Chris Guillebeau hanging out with a couple of friends in Thailand If you’ve been going through life as a sleepwalker, it’s time to wake up. The journey begins right now. ~ Chris Guillebeau ___________________ You’ve gotta love a guy who has made it his mission to visit all 193 countries on the planet before his 35th birthday and who’s got a cat named Libby... Read More
The Liberation-Based Livelihood Resource List
Over the past three weeks, we’ve been exploring what it means to create a “liberation-based livelihood” (also known as an ‘LBL’). If you search the Internet, you’ll find literally thousands of resources related to creating a business. But I want to save you the trouble of sorting the wheat from the chaff. For this final post of the series, I asked number... Read More
3 Paths to Liberation-Based Livelihood
Photo by Dysign via Flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dysign/) “To practice Right Livelihood, you have to find a way to earn your living without transgressing your ideals of love and compassion. The way you support yourself can be an expression of your deepest self, or it can be a source of suffering for you and others.” ~ Ven. Thich Nhat Hanh ______________ Over the... Read More
How to Create a Liberation-Based Livelihood
Photo from Flickr Creative Commons: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ccstb/ Knowing what you want is only half the journey— knowing what’s driving you is the half that will get you there. ~ Danielle LaPorte Last week, I shared a bit of my story and how it illustrates what I call “liberation-based livelihood.” I defined this as one in which you consistently return to your... Read More
Reflections on Becoming a Buddhist Chaplain and Liberation-Based Livelihood
The author and Roshi Joan Halifax on ordination day (photo by Mitsue Nagase) Last week, in a beautiful ceremony that took place at Upaya Zen Center here in Santa Fe where I live, I was ordained as a Buddhist chaplain by my longtime friend, colleague, and root teacher Roshi Joan Halifax. This milestone marked the end point of a two-year journey in chaplaincy training but the beginning... Read More
Creating a Freedom Business with Integrity: The Liberated Life Project in 2012
photo from beneaththecover.com A little more than a year ago, I launched the Liberated Life Project. At the time, I was inspired by bloggers like Chris Guillebeau and Danielle LaPorte who have a gift for changing people’s lives with their words while at the same time running a sustainable business model in the form of their websites. I’ve learned a lot over the past year. One... Read More
Readers’ Forum: Creating Right Livelihood
Photo by Ganesha.Isis: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ganesha_isis/ This week, I want to tap into the collective wisdom of you, my wonderful readers. One dimension of liberated living that we explore here is how to create work that matters, “right livelihood.” And how to do so in a way that sustains and nourishes us, that doesn’t drain our energy. One of the most inspiring... Read More
The Anatomy of a Liberated Business: What I Learned From The Empire Building Kit
The Liberated Life Project is dedicated to helping you develop the inner tools to make outer changes in your life (and on the planet). That’s why you see me going back and forth between posts about the inner dimensions of change and then on to some of its outer manifestations. One of those manifestations is creating sustainable work that you love and that’s in alignment with... Read More
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