What piece of wisdom do you wish you had when you were younger? What do you know now, that you wish you had known then?

Is it me? Or did I land on some alien planet?

Sometimes that things that are different about us, the unconventional parts, are the parts that make us feel like we don’t belong. But it might be time to turn to the script on misfits.

For you…

A meditation

A moment of pause…

We like to think of ourselves as “free”, but are we? As social beings we internalize a lot of expectations and “scripts” the guide our interactions in the world. Sometimes these mental scripts can create mental prisons. This blog explores these ideas from a personal perspective.

We are experiencing a meaning crisis. But after a trip to Japan, I realized sometimes we don’t need to go far to find meaning.

Most of us, most of the time, are sleepwalking through life. What does that mean? What does it mean to live awake? How do we do it? This short reflection tackles some of those questions.

Even when desired, change can be hard. This is because in order to change and move forward, we must necessarily leave something behind. One of the hardest things we must leave behind is our old identity. This blog discusses why attachment to an old you can keep you stuck.

How do we find ourselves, our truths, our deeper wants and needs, in the context of the world we live in with the constant pulls, distractions, and distortions around us? I can only tell you how I am finding my way through.

Part 2 of a 2 part blog. The first focused on 4 factors that can derail our relationships. This one, in time for Valentines Day, explores factors that can deepen connection and belonging.

When it comes to our goals and ambitions, micro-hesitations can have huge negative consequences in our lives.

Four key factors that can negatively impact your relationships.

It takes a good deal of resilience and strength to put on a smile through your day while you may be internally struggling. A quality to admire for sure, but is there a cost?

In our quest for belonging we often sacrifice what is true and unique about ourselves. This blog explores the ways in which culture compels conformity, how we might be complicit in our own disappearance, as well as how to find ourselves again.

We all know what strength is. Or do we? Do we recognize quieter forms of strength? What does it look like? How do we develop it?

A story of a friend who was raised in captivity.

We tend to think of graduation as the end of our educational journey. However, it wasn’t always that way. Stoic philosophers believed in life-long learning. In this blog, we explore the impact that can have.

The pandemic saw a rise in interest in manifesting. Tik Tok went viral with what got termed the 369Method of manifesting. But what’s the REAL behind manifesting. Let’s set the record straight on what manifesting is and how it works.

As humans, we have a complicated relationship with our emotions. They can overwhelm us, and they can hurt! In this blog, however, I argue we cannot live fully unless we awaken to our emotions.

In little ways, and sometimes big, we hide pieces of ourselves to fit in with the world around us. The need to belong means we sacrifice our nature to adapt to culture. According to Martha Beck, this is at the root of much of our emotional suffering. Yet connection and belonging are critical to happiness. So what is the answer?

Through life, we split off parts of ourselves to adapt or even survive. Overtime, what was once adaptive can actually become destructive to our wellbeing. To heal, moreover, to thrive, we need to become whole again.