David Smart 
…And Make Them Happen Instead. For the past year, I dreamt of being a writer. I wrote hundreds of pages in a journal with my deepest feelings, thoughts and ideas and afterwards, I put away the journal and I dreamt. I dreamt that one day I’d become a writer, and I waited and waited for someone like you to discover … Read more
WHY WE CONNECT TO MYTH Mythology separates humans from the apes. The stories we create bring order to society and contribute to evolution and progress. Long before mankind built tools for transcribing information, we transferred knowledge through memory, and the use of story allowed for easy recollection. But now that we’ve created tools like Google … Read more
Meditation seems like a confusing topic based on what I find on the internet these days. After a few Google searches, I noticed that some of the top-ranking meditation guides were unintentionally littered with misinterpretations and confusing or otherwise incorrect instructions that had hindered me early on in my practice. Other guides were not as … Read more
I once believed my goal in my life was to be happy. All of that changed the day I attended a ten-day silent meditation retreat. There, I began to understand how the mind and body work to create suffering. And how I could find a way out. “Ask yourself whether you are happy and you … Read more
I drank a lot in college. Especially freshman year. For whatever reason, it seemed like there was a party every other night. With each subsequent passing year, those parties and my drinking lessened, but the habit remained. I never did anything to land me into trouble, thank God. The worst was probably a few years … Read more
As I began my journey to be an writer, I immediately ran into a huge roadblock. Where should I start? Luckily, I found my answer while reading Stephen King’s memoir, On Writing. King has published over sixty novels, so when he says that “If you don’t have the time to read, you don’t have the … Read more
George Mumford dropped by the 10% Happier Podcast with Dan Harris where he proceeded to plant wisdom seeds into the ears and minds of listeners, each for our own benefit. His interview was filled to the brim with insights on life, mindfulness, meditation and flow. For the uninitiated, I’ve put up a few quick facts about Mr. Mumford followed by quotes … Read more
Eckart Tolle’s A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life’s Purpose was one of the first deeply insightful books I read on the plight of the individual and why suffering arises. It set me on a deep rabbit-hole of Mr. Tolle’s YouTube videos, helped me better understand thought, and played a role in me attending my first … Read more
I found Brene Brown’s Daring Greatly at a critical point in my life. It sparked my YouTube channel, a lifelong journey of practicing vulnerability, and has become one of my most gifted books. Right off the bat, Brene presents one of the greatest psychological hurdles to being enough. THE PROBLEM We live in a culture of scarcity, meaning that … Read more
“It starts with this. Put your desk in the corner and every time you sit down there to write remind yourself why it isn’t in the middle of the room. Life is not a support system for art. It’s the other way around.” – Stephen King I think we all have an inherent desire to … Read more