Lessons of a life lived thankfully.
We must empower each other in our weakness & walk confidently in our unknowing. Weaponising the unknown or poo-pooing curiosity is like shutting off a tap when you're already thirsty. In a world that awards a highly curated, overly-perfect ideal of “self” at work, it’s necessary for us to feel comfortable in our own skin. To do this we must allow for imperfection.
It's January 1st, 2019. I'm writing this from the future. Kind of.
DEAR LORD, SOMEONE SOMEWHERE PLEASE TAKE MY PHONE AWAY FROM ME! Hide it from me. Throw it out the window from the 100thfloor (but, ferchrissakes check for pedestrians below please, I don’t want anyone injured.) Toss it overboard into the sea – have it swim with the fishes (then retrieve it to dispose of it …
I used to think I could weather every storm alone. Blame it on ego, on self-reliance kicked into over-drive, or on a simple overshooting of my own abilities – but what I know beyond the shadow of a doubt now is this: we all need other people at some point to help us get better.
It's 11am on a Tuesday in Auckland, New Zealand & I've just flown in from Los Angeles. Before you ask, no, I didn't do the literal flying. The pilots did, obvs (*insert Dad Joke about tired wings from all that flying here*) Right now my mind, body, & soul are balanced. Why? Well, for almost every …
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Dear Mom, You don’t know this (yet), but I've been writing this for months. Years, even. It's taken me a long time to put into words something worthy of celebrating someone who's been not just my best friend & North Star, but that to so many others. The second I hit ‘publish’ on this letter …
Wake Up To Change I woke up this morning as I do every morning. Full of hope for the day ahead. Full of excitement at the promise of new adventures. And, let's be honest here, slightly sleepy & bleary-eyed after what's been a manic start to a jet-lagged week after two weeks back home in …
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Here’s the thing about young, handsome Argentinian lifeguards on beaches... they’re very convincing. VERY. CONVINCING. Maybe it's was his accent, my broken Español, or the casual way in which his eyes lit up when I said "Is that hard to do?" that I decided to go out on a limb yesterday. Literally. (NOTE: my decision may …
I'm stuck. And I'm hoping you can help me out with a little modern-day conundrum. Here's the deal: I don't get the narrative we're sold about how we should all live our lives. Wait, let me rephrase, I do get it. I probably understand it far too well - and it's messing with my head a …
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I caught one heck of a flu bug this time two weeks ago. You know the kind: a truly knock-down, stay-down kind of virus that had me crawling on my hands & knees to get from my bed to the couch where I would collapse & whimper entire days away. To say this bug was …
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