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Summer is a perfect time to breathe more spaciousness into our lives. And that’s what I’m about to do with the Liberated Life Project and with my own life.

While it’s easy to feel a lot of pressure in the blog world to keep writing, no matter what, I’m listening to my inner voice and taking heed of the need for a pause. This site will go dormant over the next month for a few reasons:

1) I’ve just started some new work with my friends at Upaya Zen Center – I’m now serving as the director of community development and outreach there – and I want to give myself this next month to focus on settling into the role and carrying out that responsibility well.

2) August is the time for intensive training in the Upaya Buddhist Chaplaincy Program, which I direct and am also enrolled as a student. Another reason for some extra focus.

3) And finally, after seven months of existence, this seems like a wonderful time to invest in the Liberated Life Project. With the help of talented designer Anoki Casey, we’ll give this website a makeover (still keeping a clean look) and improve some of the features so it’s more user-friendly. Anoki designed my logo for Five Directions Consulting as well as the header for the Liberated Life Project.

This site continues to be a labor of love. If you’ve enjoyed what you’ve read here so far and would like to support the project to continue and grow, I’d be most grateful for any contribution you’d like to offer. Just use the “Donate” button in the right side bar.

So for all of the above reasons, I won’t be posting here during the month of August. I look forward seeing all of you when I return in September with renewed inspiration. And I’ll unveil some more exciting developments for the Liberated Life Project at that time as well.

In the meantime, if you feel like you need a fix of liberation, you might enjoy poking around the archives and see what you discover. Here are some suggestions:

The Self-Awareness Series

• Self Awareness I: How to Avoid the Hole in the Sidewalk
• Self Awareness II: How to Start or Deepen a Spiritual Practice
• The Liberated Life Guide: How to Meditate

The Question Series

• 10 Life Changing Questions
• Living With a Question at the Center of Your Life
• The Art of Asking Liberated Questions

Some Personal Favorites

• The Chance of a Lifetime is to Be Yourself
• What We Can Learn About Liberation from Osama Bin Laden
• The Transformative Power of Travel
• 6 Steps to Manifestation That Serves the Greater Good (and Why the Law of Attraction is Bunk)
• How to Be the Executive Director of Your Own Life

Enjoy, and I’ll see you in September!

(By the way, even though I’m taking a break from blogging, I’d still love to hear from you if you want to stay in touch. Feel free to contact me here.)

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