Wonderlust In Life
May you have the energy and fire to architect and fill creative structures with the stories of your life, love, and loss.
Finding Joy In the Diner’s Crappy Cup of Joe
Work. Day job. Tired man. Trading my time and skill for some money. And the end of the week is just a few hours ahead.
Pause in the Gap: Trying to Force An Answer Is Not the Way
If you can pause and consider the gap when you feel frustrated or impatient, you can tune in to your own feelings more accurately. And if you give your partner the opportunity to fill the gap you may learn something you didn't know, and something you couldn't have learned had you continued to be a gap crasher.
Pura Vida: Finding and Sharing Our Eternal Optimism
In this sacred life, we have a limited number of hours in our day. The same number of hours as every other being in our space-time continuum. By checking in with your intentions and actions on a regular basis you can begin adjusting your life towards the life you want.
Whiter Shade of Blindness
I believe you deserve the same opportunities I had. I'm not a magician. I am just a man walking a path of peacefulness and active kindness.
Getting Good At Blameless Breakups: Online Dating Challenges
The goal is never to blame the other person for the breakup, even if they were the reason you are breaking up. Always take your responsibility for the miss. And make it about the chemistry, the mix, the overall relationship and not about them or their poor behavior. Remember, you are leaving the relationship, not trying to teach them a lesson or educate them.
Understanding Attraction: Do, Be, Don’t
Find what you like and what she doesn't like. Find new things you can both explore together. And find how your needs, desires, and futures align.
What the Bear in Your Bed Might Be Telling You: Managing Anxiety
What I am learning in my recovery from depression and anxiety is that my feelings are never the complete answer. And often, my feelings just are. If I can separate from them just a bit I can see myself as safe and healthy, even as my bear-feelings are shrieking, "Holy crap, you know what happens when things start feeling this good!"