In Praise of Difficulty

This year has been filled with extraordinary growth, success, maturity, and so much blossoming that I feel more assured of my future than ever before. It has also harbored some of the most difficult underworld journeying I have ever undertaken. All that time I spent...

Success Is Your Proof

At the end of the day, your success is your proof. Do you live in a way that aligns with your values, celebrates your joy, and embraces your deep love of life? Do you do so while contributing to the happiness and security of others and minimizing harmful impact...

Sometimes Fear Isn’t Wounding

When I was four years old, my dad lost me at a carnival. For some reason my mom hadn’t come with us – it was me, my dad, and another dad with his two kids. As we exited a ride, I went through the proper exit while my dad hopped the fence, separating us. I spent...

Some Thoughts On Presence

Something I have noticed lately, in that vein of “the way we do one thing is the way we do everything,” is that I am prone to rushing when I get excited. This isn’t always a bad thing; those of you who have taken my courses know I can fit a TON of information into a...

On Grieving Past Illusions

One of the most difficult aspects of transformation I’ve come across in my experience is the death of the illusions we used to sustain us through a difficult past – the act of pretending to ourselves that we were better off than we were so that we could...