At my place of yoga, my Buddhist instructors talk a lot about the ego and how it convinces us to do unwise things, like try to force my bodies into full lotus position. I listen but keep trying to crank up my leg to get it in there anyway.

A New Earth Oprah’s seminar with Echkart Tolle based on this book of the same name, started a few weeks ago. When I hurriedly read the first chapter I really wasn’t that impressed. I found it difficult to read. I just haven’t been interested SHBs a lot lately. I’ve been thinking that maybe, just maybe, once I realized that they all say the same things, the appeal of new SHBs wore off.  I don’t think I’ve actually read any of the SHBs I’ve purchased since I realized the same 6 or 7 principals kept popping up over and over again.  

That first “Web Event” session did not go well. Many of you probably experienced the stream freezing Honestly I hadn’t been that interested. In fact, last Monday I forgot about it completely and hadn’t even attempted to read the book again. Just for kicks I downloaded Chapter 2 podcast from iTunes. It was fantastic!! The chapter and the session were all about the Ego and how it manipulates us into obsessing about the past and the future instead of the present moment.  I listened to the whole thing and was both inspired and ‘enlightened’ to use the term of the hour.

This is the SHA’s event of the year. No. The decade! And it happens again tonight! I hope the stream is good.

O.k. after blasting O magazine for their 6 figure income ‘risk takers’ (wow! I’m bitter!), I’m clearly still reading it.

My friends if the answer to the question “Can an issue of ‘O’ be considered a SHB?” is ‘yes’, my tally of SHBs just went up exponentially.

And I think it can be answered yes. Each issue has a theme, this month “Do What You Love”. The whole magazine has a theme of “Live Your Best Life”, which sounds like a SHB if I’ve ever heard one.

I’m a little annoyed with O.

What’s up with all the rich women in O? Who are the people who think a six figure salary is moderately successful? This month’s theme, Do What You Love, tells us to follow our gut, our heart, our passion. Leave your current soul sucking job for what calls you…

But the ‘example’ women doing this heart following all had six-figure jobs, no careers, or an extra home to sell, or a husband with a six-job to get them started.

My friend always gets annoyed with Suze Ormand, and rightfully so. She says things like “Always buy your car with cash!” If I had a spare $10-$20,000 I wouldn’t need to read her column! Yeah, sure, if I had it I would be in it for sure, but I don’t. Other suggestions please.

I don’t have a six-figure job, let alone a coherent career to speak of, nor do I have an extra home to sell, or a husband, at all for that matter. So what’s the lesson for me? Stay in the soul sucking job until I’m making six figures? Until I have 20 years experience? Will I have any soul left to leave?