Bi-weekly reflections on aliveness Hello there, I’m just back from a trip to the West Coast (Palm Springs), which provided some much-needed sunny contrast to the snowy East Coast. While there, I was able to enjoy more time reading and resting. One of the books I started was called I’ve Got Time—a book on time management written by a Zen monk, Paul Loomans. In the book he describes principles for time management that allow us to “relax” into time, rather than attempting to control it, while...
about 1 month ago • 3 min read
Bi-weekly reflections on aliveness Hello there, This week I was thinking about two things that at first felt completely disconnected: love (Valentine’s Day) and our relationship to substances. And then it struck me: love is (often) a drug. It’s been almost exactly two years since I last had an alcoholic drink. One unexpected impact is that by not participating in the rituals of drinking, I’ve become more observant of how we culturally relate to substances in general. In particular, I notice...
about 2 months ago • 5 min read
Hello there, The start of 2026 has felt intense for many of us. Over the past few weeks, I’ve been stepping back and noticing how much clarity returns when I stop rushing and come back to what’s actually here. A few years ago, I began studying a presence-based approach to coaching. One of its grounding questions is: What if nothing is missing? It’s a simple question, yet it gently shifts how we relate to ourselves as living beings. Are we missing something fundamental, or do we already...
3 months ago • 2 min read