How To Find Value in Life’s Many Challenges

"I'll be OK. I just have to remind myself that this is just another one of life's difficult gifts" - My best friend I fell in love with the expression 'difficult gifts' because it is a beautifully poetic way to describe challenging life experiences that will ultimately prove beneficial (even if you can't see or understand...

Beating The Overwhelm: My ‘1-2-3’ Strategy

Can it really be as simple as 1-2-3?  Yes, my friend - it can. Since posting "The Mission and Why I Chose to Accept It", a few people have asked what strategies I use to deal with overwhelm when it sets in. Before running you through a grounding exercise that works wonders for me, I...

What the World Doesn’t Understand About ‘Success’

How many times have you read an article or watched a video that describes someone as "successful" in the last couple of months? Chances are, this messaging has shaped your impression of what success 'should' look like to some extent.  The most important question, then - for the purposes of this post at least -...

The Mission and Why I Chose to Accept It

"When an idea thinks it has found somebody - say, you - who might be able to bring it into the world, the idea will pay you a visit"  -   Liz Gilbert, "Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear" I love this notion; that ideas and inspiration exist in their own right, separate from the limitations of...