Real Life Tao

This series is about applying Taoist principles to our everyday lives.

April 2013
A Big Wad of Poo

March 2013
40 Days and 40 Nights ◊ A Fool’s Errand ◊ Ingrown Nature ◊ Ripples of Life ◊ Every Act? ◊ Way Outside the Box

February 2013
The Bone Collector

January 2013
Sniffle, Sniffle ◊ The Water Line

November 2012
Step by Step ◊ The Madness of Kings

October 2012
Good Cycles, Bad Cycles ◊ Different Paths ◊ The Tempests of Life

September 2012
The Shut Door ◊ Rats! ◊ Getting Nasty

August 2012
Thar She Flows ◊ Roller Coaster Ride

July 2012
Below the Means ◊ The Unlearned ◊ “Isolated” Incidents

June 2012
Finishing Last

May 2012
The Lesson of Pain ◊ No Fight, No Blame ◊ Off In a Different Direction ◊ Standing Down ◊

April 2012
Being Full of It ◊ One Week

March 2012
Teasers ◊ Ripples in the Pond of Life

February 2012
Upside Down and Inside Out ◊ Embodiment of a Principle

January 2012
The Question ◊ Don’t Be Rigidly Flexible

November 2011
Long Time, Gone ◊ As the Wind Blows

October 2011
You Aren’t What You Wear

September 2011
It Is All About Cycles ◊ Life Often Isn’t As Complicated As We Try To Make It ◊ Too Far One Way

June 2011
The Cat Toy ◊ Do No Harm

April 2011
The Root of the Matter

March 2011
The Trouble With the Concept of Flow ◊ Thank the Dandelions

February 2011
Knock on Wood

From 2010
Dealing with Yourself ◊ The Easier Road ◊ Quack, Quack ◊ Squawk, Squawk ◊ Frame of Mind ◊ Mindfulness ◊ It’s All Relative! ◊ Going with the Flow ◊ Ripples ◊ Be Prepared ◊ Naming Names ◊ Forks in the Road ◊ Why Me? ◊ Bitch and Moan ◊ The Dark Side ◊ Where’s the Beef? ◊ The Frugal Life ◊ Finding My Groove, Part 1 + Part 2 + Part 3 ◊ Be Open to Possibilities ◊ Slow and Steady ◊ Specious Connections ◊ Simplify ◊ That Flow Thingy ◊ Wrestling with a Ghost ◊ Nasty Fridge ◊ Like Falling Leaves ◊ It’s All About Image ◊ Unmet Expectations ◊ Limited Horizons

From 2009
Real Life Tao (Intro) ◊ Nature & Path ◊ Letting Go ◊ The Wu Wei Way ◊ An Empty Bowl ◊ Without Fanfare ◊ The Search for Purpose ◊ The Peril ◊ The External ◊ The Internal ◊ Toward the Center ◊   ◊ Understanding Connections ◊ Too High or Too Low ◊ Living Within Your Nature ◊ Fighting Fire with Fire ◊ Look in the Mirror ◊ What’s the Answer? ◊ Too Much ◊ Trees in the Wind ◊ Flirtin’ With Disaster ◊ Expectations ◊ Who Does He Think He Is? ◊ The Sage & the Buddha ◊ Knowing the Difference