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June 18, 2026
Why I Stopped Trying to Do the Summer Solstice Right
For years, Summer Solstice felt like another thing I was doing wrong. Turns out I was just trying to do someone else's practice. The one that actually stuck? Simple, doable, and completely mine.

June 11, 2026
What a Muddy Garden Taught Me About Saying No
Everyone told you to say no more. Set boundaries. Stop doing the things that drain you. But if you've tried it and the big shift never came, you're not doing it wrong — you're just missing one piece: knowing what you want to say yes to first. A muddy afternoon in the garden made that click. When you get clear on your intentions, the no's stop feeling hard. They become obvious.

June 8, 2026
I Almost Cancelled the Podcast Interview (I'm Glad I Didn't)
In the middle of our biggest lifequake yet — two days into an RV trip with four cats, a dog, and a teenager — I found myself sweating in an alcove, about to record a podcast interview with two complete strangers. Nothing about it felt like the right moment. And then it turned out to be exactly the right moment.

April 22, 2026
When You Can't See the Bigger Picture
I stood at the Boston Marathon finish line watching little miracles happen — and one runner who could only see what had gone wrong. He was moments from finishing, but the gap between expectation and reality had become the whole story. Learning to hold both views at once — eyeballs deep and bird's eye — is a skill. And one of the most important ones you can build when you're in the middle of something hard.

April 9, 2026
What the Oracle of Delphi Knew That We Forgot
The Oracle of Delphi didn’t offer answers—it offered a prerequisite: know thyself. And that’s the piece we tend to skip. We approach intuition looking for clarity, direction, something to tell us what to do next. But intuition isn’t separate from us—it’s an extension of who we are. Which means if we don’t know ourselves, we’re not going to hear it clearly or consistently. Most people don’t have an intuition problem. They have a know-thyself problem.
