Courage
A reflection on nontrivial commitments, meaningful action, and choosing the one thing that helps you become who you want to be.
What training for my first triathlons taught me about identity, fuel, courage, and pushing my limits in sport, parenting, and life.
Create
I recently set the intention to start writing again. There was a lot of resistance to getting back into it. Do I have the time? What should I write about? But then, I kept things simple and wrote this short letter to Maeve. And suddenly, through that small action, I’
Parenting
A father’s tribute to his daughter’s first year, celebrating milestones, love, and the inspiration to become the best version of himself.
Celebration
A simple reflection exercise, sparked by Apple TV+’s Severance, to see yourself in a new light and build positive self-awareness.
We'll keep this one short. On August 3rd we became parents! Please welcome Maeve Maren to the world everyone. We love her oh so much and everyone is doing well. Mom is absolutely crushing it. Are we getting less sleep then we're used to? Absolutely. Do
Appreciate
"Noticing and appreciating beauty, excellence, and/or skilled performance in various domains of life, from nature to art to mathematics to science to everyday experience."
Workshop
I was recently trained to lead workshops for Heroic, the company I work for. (The picture above was from our in-person training in Chicago a few weeks back.) I was on the receiving end of this workshop and, let me tell you, it's powerful! Leading workshops is
Joy
How often do you begin your day with a smile? Until last year, I rarely had. Christmas morning when I was a kid? Probably. Otherwise, even though I had a lot to be grateful for and positive, exciting things planned, likely not. And that was okay — starting the day with
Written by me, never AI.
Lockdown was not your only chance to do that thing you always thought you would learn/try/do.
"The world is constantly changing, so no matter how often we practice paying attention, there will always be something new to notice. It's up to us to find it."
We'll never be ready to write or do anything that requires us to put ourselves out there. So, we have to be willing to publish imperfectly.
Let’s remember that much of what we can do today, and perhaps what now comes easy to us was once hard.
So far this year I’ve tried to pay attention to the lessons I’m learning as well as the art and activities I’ve enjoyed. This is the first edition of this exploration.
"Making the Connection" is the practice of consciously seeing how our behaviors are linked to our feelings.
We get the opportunity to navigate obstacles and hard times so that we can experience beauty.
What's the virtue you're committed to embodying unilaterally?
Put away the distractions and see others. You never know the difference you might make.
Ideation breeds ambiguity, action breeds clarity.
I start each day by setting my intention to respond to a love bid. What's a love bid? Here's how John Gottman defines it in The Seven Principles of Making Marriage Work: ...but real-life romance is fueled by far more humdrum scenes. It is kept
A goal without obstacles would either teach us nothing or not be worthy of our efforts.
