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July 2020

July 16, 2020

How Baby Steps and Giant Leaps Transform Your Life

It is easy to focus on what is “wrong” around us. Our situations and circumstances,...

July 02, 2020

How Are You Spending Your Freedom?

With the celebrations of July 4th looming, many Americans are contemplating what it means to be...

April 2020

April 03, 2020

The Epicenter of Pandemic: COVID-19

One of the things we are hearing in the midst of this pandemic is people...

April 02, 2020

The Secret to Vibrant Living

Life is hard. All of us are doing our best to live a life of...

March 2020

March 19, 2020

Why You Hoard Excuses

On a recent trip home, my brother and I were reminiscing about this little creek...

March 10, 2020

Perseverance is a Shape-Shifter

When it comes to perseverance, my mindset is usually centered on how I can outrun...

February 2020

February 11, 2020

Are You Doomed By Your Past?

From the time we are born, we start collecting data. We notice how our hands...

January 2020

January 23, 2020

The Cycle of Giving Up

There is a consistent lie swirling through human culture. We have internalized it; believed it hook, line,...

January 14, 2020

How To Weigh Your Options

All of life is about choice. We cannot control all of the consequences of our...

January 03, 2020

The Competing Ends of Man

At least once a week, I wake up and don’t want to go to whatever...

December 2019

December 30, 2019

End Well

As soon as Christmas is over, we start looking toward New Years. A new start....

December 20, 2019

Evaluating Boundaries

Every once in a while, it is important for us to take stock of our...

December 18, 2019

Changing Seasons

It seems as though great seasons end too quickly and terrible ones linger. In New...

October 2019

October 21, 2019

How to Choose A Relationship

Relationships are hard work. It is fun to think about all of the butterflies of...

September 2019

September 11, 2019

How You Can Overcome Tragedy

There are only two options when a tragedy strikes; it can strengthen relationships or destroy...

August 2019

August 30, 2019

Why We Fear Change

Change is the best and worst thing about being human. Everything is so wonderfully unstable....

August 19, 2019

4 Things That Are Never THEIR Fault

We love to blame others. It is a favorite pastime, as much a part of...

August 02, 2019

I’m Out of Control!

The myth of control is perhaps the most common idol. It is everywhere. We try...

July 2019

July 29, 2019

What To Do When Two Loves Collide

I used to think every decision was binary. A right one and a wrong one....

July 24, 2019

How To Measure A Win

We love competition. There is something so human about measuring a win. Life, we perceive,...

July 05, 2019

How to Navigate the Crossroads

It is an image familiar to all of us. The wayward traveler, slowly lumbering down...

June 2019

June 28, 2019

Trial by Circumstance

Humans live in a constant state of fear. We are worried. Stressed. Scared. We have...

June 21, 2019

Thanks Emotions. I’ll Take It From Here

We treat our emotions like they are everything there is, the end. We want to...

June 10, 2019

What’s Holding You Back?

I was watching one of those shows recently where people have to go through a...

June 03, 2019

How to Make a Choice

I was reading a book recently that talked about Adam and Eve’s choice in the...

May 2019

May 29, 2019

The Counter-Intuitive Path to Freedom

For Americans, there is perhaps nothing more defining and nothing more important than the concept...

April 2019

April 15, 2019

The Opportunity of Chaos

We spend a good chunk of our energy trying to avoid chaos. We try to...

April 10, 2019

What Your Choices Say About You

Our choices are one of the three things we can control. On a planet we have...

April 08, 2019

The Difference Between Disappointed and Violated

It seems pretty clear that modern Americans are unable to deal with not getting their...

March 2019

March 08, 2019

How to Escape The Victim Circle

The Two Circles are about the blurred lines between freedom and control. In our attempts to...