Dec 13, 2020 | Contemplations, Featured Posts, Imagining a better world, Meaningful business
The theme of 2020 has been a deep and dark unearthing of our own resistance to change. We’ve experienced the ego’s desire to remain in control and fight against what’s happening. Our current world is based on disconnection and being emotionally unavailable. We don’t... 
Oct 18, 2020 | Expanding self-awareness, Joy & Contentment
Why do we struggle? Because if it was easy, what would we learn in our lifetime? I don’t intend to simplify or discount the enormity of some of the challenges we will face in our lifetimes, but I fundamentally believe that if we don’t use this life as an opportunity... 
Sep 6, 2020 | Befriending sadness and grief, Contemplations, Overcoming self-doubt and fear
In the early 2000’s, I was working in the U.S., leading wilderness expeditions. The average trip was a month and I would do a lot of driving from mountains to rivers, depending on where I was working. It feels like a lifetime ago; cell phones were only used for making... 
Aug 30, 2020 | Expanding self-awareness, Featured Posts, Overcoming self-doubt and fear, Self-improvement & psychedelics
In 2005 I travelled to Nepal with a friend who was a Doctor of Acupuncture. She had had her own practice for almost two decades and had a rich body of knowledge. She wanted to travel to Katmandu to stay with a friend there, a Buddhist monk. She was going to practice... 
May 11, 2020 | Expanding self-awareness, Joy & Contentment, Meaningful business, Overcoming self-doubt and fear
“Don’t you find it odd, that when you’re a kid, everyone, all the world, encourages you to follow your dreams. But when you’re older, somehow they act offended if you even try”. Ethan Hawke I think we confuse ourselves when we try to fit in. Whether socially or with...