Let’s play 2 truths and a lie. I’ll go first… Life is happening by me and for me. You have to suffer to succeed. There is wisdom to every emotion. The lie in those 3 statements is often passed down societally as a truth. Suffering builds character. If it’s not…

Innovation is not just a stroke of luck. It is the product of an incredible, revolutionary process. There’s actually a skillset and mindset that can help you come up with novel ideas. The end goal of all design thinking processes and skills is innovation. Innovation is about applying an idea…

In eighth grade, I had the full junior high Mean Girls experience. Two girls who had been my best friends ditched me and left me in the dust. Teenage wrath bubbled up inside me. I threw my pear on the ground, splattering fruit everywhere and it barely missed my friend’s…

What does it mean to become a man? Throughout the modern era, initiation rituals and lessons for boys transitioning to manhood have largely fallen to the wayside. So how are men learning how to be men? Is this lack of self-awareness impacting you or someone you know? There is a…

Spiders. Clowns. Open water. Public speaking. Snakes. There are a lot of things you might be afraid of. One of the most common fears I encounter as a coach is the fear of inadequacy. The fear of being discovered as a “fraud.” You are NOT a fraud. But Imposter Syndrome…

Leadership and personal growth junkies like you and me, the ones who actually love to read the books and do the workshops, still might notice that even if we read all the books, we understand all the things, we enact all the models, we do all the practices at work…

If you were lost in a desert, baking under the blazing sun, walking directionless for miles, you’d quickly realize that you need water…. Wouldn’t you? Sounds like an easy scenario to answer. But, sometimes you get so far removed from what you actually need and so used to a lack…

Have items on your to-do list that have been there for a very long time? Not doing what you said you would do or intended to do? Ignoring or delaying your to-dos? Still dreaming of completing your goal but not actually acting on it? You are out of integrity. Don’t…

I collapsed on the floor, got into child’s pose, and said “I can’t do it. I just can’t do this anymore. I think I need to pull the plug on everything.” And I was thinking to myself, “I think I might just need to shut down my whole entire business.” …