Nov 15, 2020 | Contemplations, Expanding self-awareness, Imagining a better world, Self-improvement & psychedelics
From what I witness, humans have a strong need for certainty. Generally, we want to know what’s coming, and we want to have control. In order to have control, we need to know that things will come to fruition based on the way we have them mapped out in our minds. When... 
Nov 1, 2020 | Contemplations, Expanding self-awareness, Featured Posts, Joy & Contentment, Meaningful business
I had been sure I was doing exactly what I wanted to be doing in life, including the type of work and where I was living. During this period of rest and reset on the planet, so many people are checking in with what they want and making small to drastic changes. What... 
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...