Reflective Essays
It’s Complicated
How different does it feels loving our children as a parent, and loving our parent as their children?
The Diarist
A living archive of my thoughts—in writing. Essays, stories, thought fragments, all the sacred chaos of creation.
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
Reflective Essays
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)
Newsletter
168.2.1 | 2023_WK40 On Being a Resolute Warrior
168 hours have slipped away, leaving our lives that much shorter, what have we accomplished, changed, or how have we expanded? Are we fortified in strength, adorned with newfound happiness, or graced with wisdom? These hours are our canvas—have we painted it with growth?
168.2.1 | 2023_WK39 On The Places We Trap Ourselves In
168 hours have slipped away, leaving our lives that much shorter, what have we accomplished, changed, or how have we expanded? Are we fortified in strength, adorned with newfound happiness, or graced with wisdom? These hours are our canvas—have we painted it with growth?
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 🚩
168.2.1 | 2023_WK38 Are Forgetting Ourselves?
168 hours have slipped away, leaving our lives that much shorter, what have we accomplished, changed, or how have we expanded? Are we fortified in strength, adorned with newfound happiness, or graced with wisdom? These hours are our canvas—have we painted it with growth?
Existentialism
What's the Point of Life?
And two inspiring ideas of what it may be
168.2.1 | 2023_WK36 On Putting Things Into Perspective
168 hours have slipped away, leaving our lives that much shorter, what have we accomplished, changed, or how have we expanded? Are we fortified in strength, adorned with newfound happiness, or graced with wisdom? These hours are our canvas—have we painted it with growth?
168.2.1 | 2023_WK35 On The True Cost of Embracing a Life of Mediocrity
---
168 hours have slipped away, leaving our lives that much shorter, what have we accomplished, changed, or how have we expanded? Are we fortified in strength, adorned with newfound happiness, or graced with wisdom? These hours are our canvas—have we painted it with growth?
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.
168.2.1 | 2023_WK34 On Making Intentional Choices
168 hours have slipped away, leaving our lives that much shorter, what have we accomplished, changed, or how have we expanded? Are we fortified in strength, adorned with newfound happiness, or graced with wisdom? These hours are our canvas—have we painted it with growth?
168.2.1 | 2023_WK33 On Acknowledging, Accepting, and Letting It Go
168 hours have slipped away, leaving our lives that much shorter, what have we accomplished, changed, or how have we expanded? Are we fortified in strength, adorned with newfound happiness, or graced with wisdom? These hours are our canvas—have we painted it with growth?
168.5.2.1 | 2023_WK32 On Marking a Year of Thriving
168 hours have slipped away, leaving our lives that much shorter, what have we accomplished, changed, or how have we expanded? Are we fortified in strength, adorned with newfound happiness, or graced with wisdom? These hours are our canvas—have we painted it with growth?
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.
Mapmaker
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.