Reflective Essays
The Day I Received a Powerful Healing Message from Bono
How can returning to the song you love kindle your hope, lift your soul, and brighten your doomed days
The Diarist
A living archive of my thoughts—in writing. Essays, stories, thought fragments, all the sacred chaos of creation.
Reflective Essays
The Melting Glacier
How does remembering my ‘why’ save me from being frozen in a writer’s block glacier (every time)
Reflective Essays
Confession of A Hermit Crab
The importance of taking action despite the risk of failure
Mapmaker
Without the Light, Darkness Will Rule
A Short note to remind us that we’re not all that we know about ourselves.
Reflective Essays
An Unread Message to My Nephew
Meaningful monologue for our children about the importance of finding their place in the world
There Is a Silver Lining In Every Dark Cloud
In the darkness, light reveals hope
The Last One Behind
A short essay on how the flowers remind us that real courage often means moving at our own pace and still being proud of the progress
The Special Somewhere (Only We Know)
A sentimental life story about the one we’ll always love (but got away)
Reflective Essays
It’s Complicated
How different does it feels loving our children as a parent, and loving our parent as their children?
Self-Mastery
Leap to the Unknown: A Courage to Self-Discovery
What are the biggest and boldest plunges you took in life that left an impression that shaped who you are today?
Reflective Essays
Why Shame Loneliness?
Yes, I am lonely sometimes, and that's OK
Diarist
Coming Out of a Hiding Place (and Back into the Arena)
On avoiding doing the real work and hiding behind perpetual preparation (with the lame excuse that I need it)
Reflective Essays
Taming the Internal Conflict Part 2: Self-Awareness
Do you find it hard to be with your thoughts? If you do, that could raise some red flag 🚩
Reflective Essays
What's the Point of Life?
And two inspiring ideas of what it may be
Self-Mastery
Self-Sabotage: What Our Choices Say About Us
Do you find yourself thinking every day that this is what you want? This is it, where you are now, and where you want to be in life is here in this comfort zone. And you choose this because you prefer comfort and security over distress.
Nurturing the Soul: Taking Self-Care To the Next Level
Quick note on how to enhance your emotional health, maintain balance, and live an intentional life when the day is gloomy.
I am the Mountain
Mountains are not the most remarkable things we conquer, but ourselves.
The World
The Unthinkable Heat This July Is Real
Alarming heat and rain, wildfires and floods mark a summer of extremes.