“Courage is not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it.” ~Nelson Mandela For the first time, I slept in a snow shelter at -20°C. Second, I stood alone on stage in Montreal trying to make strangers laugh. For…
This Venus-inspired Super New Moon in Taurus is the ultimate opportunity for a fresh start in love, values, and creating a life that feels like a warm hug. Are you ready to put down roots in the earth and rise…
Highly sensitive people are easy to love and easy to live with—as long as you understand our unique needs. They say we can’t help who we fall in love with, which I think is true. So you can very easily…
The post-conversation spiral occurs when you walk out of a social interaction and can’t stop wondering if you’ve completely screwed up. My brain was doing it again. I had a great time meeting a potential new one his friend. We…
More and more people are deliberately making their digital lives even more uncomfortable. Apps are deleted and reinstalled only when necessary. They charge their phones in another room. They use grayscale displays, buy alarm clocks that aren’t smartphones, and unsubscribe…
The quietest people I know don’t seem to be doing anything special. They are out of order. They are not chasing optimization. They are not looking for much meaning. If anything, that’s what they stopped. I’ve watched enough people over…
Imagine having a perfectly functioning intellect, but completely losing the physical mechanism needed to express your thoughts to the outside world. This breakdown reveals the intense psychological reality of adult-onset aphasia, and why mastering the neurology of language recovery is…
We believe that the Buddha entered his final nirvana a long time ago. But really, whoever sees the dharma sees the Buddha. This point is difficult to reach. When you see Buddha, you see dharma. When you see Buddha and…
I was really lucky with the trip. Flights that were supposed to be terrible turned out to be okay. Solo trips through unfamiliar cities somehow smoothed themselves out. I wandered through Chiang Mai at midnight and walked the length of…
I’ve noticed over the years that the people who appear to be the richest themselves often have less than you’d expect. Not in a depriving way. In a quietly orderly way. They’re not the loudest in the room. Unpackings are…
