I like to experiment with the conversation starters with my kids at school to keep things interesting for everyone. The conversation...

Flooding is a therapy intervention whereby a therapist helps a patient confront their fears. They will attempt to expose someone to what...

In the last 6 months, I made a big career transition. I took a sensational 90% pay cut to go and do more interesting work that I really...

What if the secret to good living is to find or create splendor and surprise in the small moments and corners of our days? All typography...

I have tried to come up with all sorts of metaphors for what may be standing in the way of people wanting or being able to change....

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"Listen to your life. See it for the fathomless mystery that it is. In the boredom and pain of it no less than in the excitement and...

It is official — after doing two jobs for 90 days and a new job for 60 days, I am still in defrag mode. I feel like an oddly shaped hard...

Thanks to Ted, I recently was introduced to Stewart Brand -- the famed environmentalist and futurist. Listening to him and reading about...

Yes, you are probably deducting that I love the word holy. For me, the spiritual context is huge but beyond my love for Jesus, I find the...

I have a longstanding and loving history with this blessed condition called body dysmorphia. She is like an evil friend that continues to...

These words continue to come to me. I had to pull out my tattered copy of 100 Rad Virtues to see how I have written about them in the...

I love the word grace. For me, it is hard to describe in words. What does it mean to be full of grace? I am not impressed with any of the...

This is month two of experimenting with praying the Liturgy of the Hours. This is a beautiful and ancient tradition for Catholics. While...

I don't even know where to start with my holiday feels. In short, I don't love the holidays for two reasons: the best moments of our...

I do an exceptionally shitty job of acknowledging...like really acknowledging the rising or setting of the sun every day. It is wild to...

Who and what turns your sorrows into joys? Who and what have rescued you from yourself? Reach out to those people. Do those things. I am...

As the Thanksgiving holiday ends, I love the idea of reflecting on our lives and our year, that is almost over, as if we were beautiful...

What can I do today to make my day better? What can I do to help a friend or family member in need? What am I in control of right this...

I have a hypothesis that some people were born stoked, others need a little help getting and staying stoked and some choose not to be...