So often I just wish that life went the way I wanted it to. Why can’t everything be perfect? That’s the way it should be, at least I think. After all, I’m doing my best. Meanwhile, here are these unwanted things happening to […]
…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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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