Month: July 2025

• Weaponizing Your Wounds

  I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the stories we tell ourselves about our struggles. For most of my life, I’ve carried this quiet shame about the things that make…

• And still, the roots remember

  One late evening, I stepped out for a walk. The kind where your body moves but your mind lingers elsewhere. Work had wrung me dry. My brain was foggy, and…

  

• Marcus Aurelius: The Most Powerful Introvert in History

  I’m an introvert, and I used to think that was a disadvantage. In a world that often rewards the loudest voice in the room, it’s easy to feel like you…

  

• 10 Minutes to Core Strength: The Routine That Actually Stuck

  I’ve been doing the same set of exercises every morning for about two years now, and they’ve become absolutely indispensable. Not in some dramatic, life-changing way—more like how a good…

  

• The Meditation Paradox: 15 Years In and Still a Beginner

  Fifteen years ago, I walked away from religion. Not with any drama—just a quiet realization over time that it didn’t feel honest to keep going. The doctrines, the expectations to…

  

• Finding Home in a Black-and-White World

  I stumbled across The Andy Griffith Show during one of those intentional late-night searches for something meaningful. Maybe my ex-colleague Mack had mentioned it once — I can’t quite remember — but…

  

• How I Turned My Boring Gratitude Practice Into Something I Crave

  Listen to this article: I used to be that person who could find the dark cloud in any silver lining—until my therapist suggested I try gratitude practice. Two years ago,…