I’m willing to share with you the list of my favorite thru-hiking gear. Do not take this gesture lightly. To share the contents of a backpack is to forge together two souls in the fires of eternal love. Okay, maybe […]
I recently completed an 8-day water fast. No food, tea, coffee, or supplements. Just water. In this post, I’ll share with you the why and the results. Warning: This content is not advice. I do not recommend unsupervised fasting and […]
It is April of 2015, in the days leading up to a 2,650-mile hike along the Pacific Crest Trail, when something called Vipassana is brought to my attention by my college fraternity brother and soon-to-be hiking partner, Bradley. He begins […]
You’ve reached a point in your life where you’re looking for change. You wish to create space for something new. Maybe a big decision looms but you aren’t sure what to do. Maybe you‘re a meditator and you’ve become too […]
Repeat after me. PHASE I: Creation 1. Creativity flows from me easily and feeling stuck is temporary. I go through phases of creation and absorption. Each are necessary to the artistic process And I accept myself in either phase. I […]
I first came across Spiral Dynamics during a late-night YouTube binge, thanks to my friend Bradley. The video entitled The Grand Model of Psychological Evolution ran an hour and twenty-six minutes long and I just so happened to have that […]
In the Buddhist teaching, there are three primary characteristics of existence: impermanence, unsatisfactoriness, and no-self. I’ve experienced these characteristics to varying depths and degrees in my practice of Vipassana, a body-scanning meditation technique and a Pali word meaning “to see […]
Note: I tried and failed to provide download links for Kindle (.mobi) and iBooks (.epub) files. This is a note to myself to possibly fix this in the future. Until then, enjoy the story below! Cheers. ——— The Color of […]
I had the wonderful opportunity to share yesterday evening with this book club of lovable ladies who have successfully read one book every month for the last twenty-five years, except November, and months when the book failed to meet their […]
Here’s the latest episode of the podcast, featuring yours truly talking to myself. In the midst of ego backlash, I discuss my uncertain future, taking a break from the podcast, and creating space. I do my best to point you/me […]
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