The Journal
How to Trust Life (Especially When the Path Disappears and the Dumpster’s on Fire)
When I first stepped onto the personal growth path, I kept hearing teachers and healers say things like “trust life” or “trust the universe.” At the time, I was twenty-one. My mom was in the hospital undergoing an experimental bone-marrow transplant, wedged somewhere between life and death . . .
It’s Not Luck—It’s Alignment
When I put every spare dollar and vacation day toward travel in my twenties, people said, “You’re so lucky.” When I reinvented my life in my thirties, people said, “I don’t have that kind of freedom”…
Life Has a Protocol (and It’s Not Always Pretty)
More times than I can count, I’ve found myself in that uncomfortable in-between space—no longer who I was, but not yet who I was becoming. When things fall apart, it’s easy to assume you’re off track. But often, it’s the opposite…
The Psychology of Resentment: 5 Reasons It Sticks Around (and How to Release It)
I have a client who struggles with resentment at his workplace. Recently, we did an exercise where I asked him to look at a challenging situation through two different lenses…
Creative Flow: Following Excitement, Trusting the Turns
Most of us want a clear end goal.We crave certainty, a guaranteed outcome.But creativity (and life) don’t work that way.
Six Years, Two Suitcases, and Twelve Lessons from a Life on the Road
Six years ago, we asked ourselves a question: What would we do if we weren’t afraid? Five months later, we’d hit the road with two suitcases, launching six years of vagabonding.
Why Your Inner State Outweighs Outer Circumstances
This week a client told me, “I’ll finally feel happy again when this deal closes.” Who among us hasn’t said something like that?
When Everything I Thought I Knew Fell Apart
Thirty years ago, everything I thought I knew unraveled. Loss cracked me open and sent me searching for answers…
Stop Achieving, Start Allowing
I spent years chasing goals—degrees, jobs, even spiritual milestones—only to find achievement didn’t bring the fulfillment I expected. Eventually I came to this…
Clarity Follows Action—Not the Other Way Around
There’s a great Rumi quote: “As you start to walk on the way, the way appears.” We want to believe clarity has to come first—but, in my experience, it’s the reverse.
The Healing Frequency of Trees: How Nature Regulates More Than Your Mood
Did you know your body can literally sync with the frequency of trees? Not metaphorically. Not poetically. Literally.
Why Deep Rest Might Be the Most Productive Thing You Do All Week
Who doesn’t love feeling productive? But when does healthy drive tip into chronic overdoing?
What If Money Wasn’t About the Money?
What if your financial struggles weren’t about money, but worthiness? About feeling safe, seen, and supported? Here’s a truth that can shift everything: abundance flows where self-trust grows.

