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Maybe This Is Christmas: A Reflection for the Ones Who Don’t Feel It

Maybe This Is Christmas: A Reflection for the Ones Who Don’t Feel It

A quiet, honest reflection for those who move through the holidays with more grief than joy. This isn’t about performing peace—it’s about reclaiming presence.

A Simple Holiday Wish

A Simple Holiday Wish

If you are here in the US, I hope the holiday gives you a moment to breathe… to slow down… to enjoy the people around you. And if you are not celebrating this week, I still wish you the same thing, a small pocket of peace wherever you are.

Are You Smarter Than a Dog?

Are You Smarter Than a Dog?

We like to think we’re smarter than the dog. But most of us are just better trained. This is not a post about mindfulness. It’s about what happens when you mistake reactivity for reality—and call it growth.

Dissecting the Crazy Train

Dissecting the Crazy Train

We spend half our lives riding the crazy train chasing movement, mistaking noise for life. Only when we slow down do we realize the world was never moving as fast as we thought. Awareness changes everything, even how we hear the music.

Mindfulness and the Myth of the Calm Self

Mindfulness and the Myth of the Calm Self

There are moments when choosing calm over chaos makes sense...But there are other times, times when calm shouldn’t be the first move.

What Remains

I find the sacred in places that aren’t labeled. In a passing thought. In a piece of writing. In a question that lingers.

Truth, Honesty, and the Justifiable Lie

Truth, Honesty, and the Justifiable Lie

“You can tell the truth and still betray yourself. You can be honest and still be wrong. Truth is what happened. Honesty is how it lives in you.”

This Isn’t a Rebrand. It’s a Refusal.

This Isn’t a Rebrand. It’s a Refusal.

It all seems so fake. And I guess it always has. Not because things like religion, spirituality, wellness, or the practices around them are bullshit, but because I have been looking at them through the wrong lens

The Lie That Wears Our Face: Impostor Syndrome and the Unscripted Mind

The Lie That Wears Our Face: Impostor Syndrome and the Unscripted Mind

Impostor syndrome is not always a personal flaw to overcome. Sometimes it is a perfectly reasonable response to systems that were never built for us to belong to.

When the World Feels Unbearable

When the World Feels Unbearable

“Famine is not a word. It is people with no food. And here I am— hearing the hum of my fridge. Opening a refrigerator full of food. Wondering what it means to eat while others cannot.”

Stop Chasing the Bird: A Looney Tune for Your Mind

Stop Chasing the Bird: A Looney Tune for Your Mind

If you have ever woken up and felt like you are back at the start line, new plan, same old you, trust me. I know the feeling. Somewhere out here in the dusty desert of your mind, you are me — Wile E. Coyote, Super Genius. Eyes locked on that smug little blur called the Roadrunner... Beep beep!

Learning to Let the Grass Grow: A Reflection on Wu Wei Wu

Learning to Let the Grass Grow: A Reflection on Wu Wei Wu

We interfere constantly with ourselves, with each other, with nature, with systems we barely understand.

Not perfect. Just present. My first podcast is live.

Not perfect. Just present. My first podcast is live.

I recently had the chance to speak with Dr. Doreen Downing, a psychologist and fearless speaking mentor, on the Mindset Social Author Series.

Let the Moment Sing to You

Let the Moment Sing to You

Simple words. But if you really listen, if you let them in without overthinking or brushing them off as just another feel-good lyric, they begin to land differently. They soften something. They remind you that maybe it is okay to let go for a moment.

The Cost of Bullshit

The Cost of Bullshit

The true cost of all this is not financial. It is forgetting who you were before you started fixing yourself. Question everything, yourself included. Your bank account will thank you for it.

The Quiet Architect

The Quiet Architect

Flip the Script: The Beginning of an Unscripted Mind

Flip the Script: The Beginning of an Unscripted Mind

From a Typo to a Truth: The Birth of The Unscripted Mind

From a Typo to a Truth: The Birth of The Unscripted Mind

A dissident is someone who questions the system. Someone who challenges the way things are, usually because something deep down does not sit right. And it hit me. Maybe we all have little mental dissidents inside us.

Taught by the Swamp

Taught by the Swamp

Unlock Mindful Clarity: How Occam's Razor Simplifies Your Life

Unlock Mindful Clarity: How Occam's Razor Simplifies Your Life

Both Occam’s Razor and mindfulness help us clear away the clutter. One helps us think with precision. The other helps us live with intention. Both reduce overwhelm by encouraging us to focus on what is essential.

The Banana That Traps You: Break Free Now

The Banana That Traps You: Break Free Now

Let Go: The Wisdom of the Two Monks and the River

Let Go: The Wisdom of the Two Monks and the River

Life in Motion: Embrace the Now, Thrive Freely

Life in Motion: Embrace the Now, Thrive Freely

Abandon All Hope: A Mindfulness Perspective

Abandon All Hope: A Mindfulness Perspective