My word of the year: F*ck!

Over the past ten years my partner, Tim, has been a witness (and sounding board) for my crazy ideas, dreams, pivots, challenges, accomplishments, and resilience. He recently brought to my attention that I am living ...

Why You Need a Well-being Strategy

Well-being is clearly having a moment, but what’s bothering me is this: We, as a people, are not well. This post shares why I believe you need a personal well-being strategy to ensure a life well-lived on your terms.

Utah and the Strength of Stone

The shift in energy from Montana to Utah was palpable. It began with the Utah AirBnB host giving us grief (and a biased bill) for our dogs to be included in the reservation, followed by ...

But first, Montana.

Four weeks ago, my partner Tim, our two dogs, and I embarked on what we are calling “the great drive-about”. We gave up our house in the Seattle suburbs, purged a lot of our stuff, ...

9/11 Remembrance and a Call to Action

Today is the 20th anniversary of 9/11, the worst terrorist attacks in our country’s history. For the last several months I’ve been thinking about documenting my experience, planning ahead to have something ready to publish ...

What’s Fear Got To Do With It

I recently took stock of the key elements and inspirations that have become foundational in the self inquiry journey that I’ve been on during the last several years. When collected, there was a common emotion ...

The Year I Was Quiet

What do you do when something doesn’t sit quite right with you, when your spidey senses tell you something is amiss? I’m not talking about life or death situations, but when you can sense someone ...

Training for Longevity

What are you training for? It’s not often that I hear a question that stops me in my tracks, one that makes me pause and search for an answer, but this was one of them. ...