27 Oct It’s going to cost you
I had a client once say that when I asked her what it would be like if nothing changed. She said, "That would be expensive." I immediately thought of money, but this conversation...
13 Oct How Is Joy Possible After the Unthinkable?
The first time I met Dani Elm, we were on a group call. She used a wheelchair and had a tube in her throat. I didn't know what had happened to her....
02 Oct How intentionally are you living?
How much effort are you giving your craft? The craft of creating a life that feels like it’s your own? A life you're proud of. A life that, when you look back...
07 Sep Your Brain Is Not Rooting for You to Feel Joy
I wrote a book called Finding Your Joy Spot, all about joy and how it shows up in the most unexpected places, and how those moments, when we pay attention to them,...
20 May Is It Okay to Want What you Want?
Is it okay to want what you want? Of course it is. A friend would say that and pat you on the back, encouraging you to pursue it. It's really that easy. Wanting what...
21 Apr What actually matters?
What actually matters? And what if we often think matters as we go about our days doesn’t matter that much at all? Even as I write this, I feel a little taken aback. What if...
02 Apr The Joy Prescription: Three Things You Need to Have More Joy
We need three things in order to have more joy. It's like a joy prescription. I want to talk about the work. The real work. The bravest work any of us will...
17 Mar What Matters Most
Love and death are the greatest gifts that are given to us. Mostly, they are passed on unopened. - Rainer Maria Rilke We cannot be truly alive without maintaining a relationship with, or an...
03 Mar Live! How to create a life that matters
Live. Your life matters. You matter. What you want matters. What you are here to bring to the world matters. I will spend the rest of my life hammering this into people. This sounds a bit harsh,...
02 Dec I woke up in the night with a vulnerability hangover
I thought to myself, “I don’t want to do this. I don’t want to put myself out there and have little response to what I’m offering and make a fool of myself.” Before...