Book Club | The Courage To Be Disliked (Kishimi and Koga)
We recently finished reading The Courage to Be Disliked: How to Free Yourself, Change Your Life, and Achieve Real Happiness by Kishimi and Koga in…
Playful Mischief and Gentle Rebellion (with Emma Bearman)
How can we nurture environments and habits for playful mischief and gentle rebellion in our lives, relationships, and communities? In this episode of The Gentle…
Do You Want To Be More Spontaneous?
Are you spontaneous? Can you go with the flow when plans change or if something catches your attention and invites you to follow it? In…
We Develop and Grow When It Feels Safe To Fail
Confidence grows when we feel safe to fail and make mistakes. Sports people typically attribute confidence to believing they can beat anyone. So I was…
Can We Grow Without Grimacing At Our Past Self?
“If you’re not grimacing every time you look at old work, then you aren’t growing.” I was haunted by this tweet from 2021. It suggests…
Where Do You Get Your Sense of Self? (with Chris Niebauer)
Where is the self when no one is thinking about it?That was the central thread running through my conversation with Chris Niebauer, PhD, who is…
The Deeper Benefits of Slowing Down
It isn’t easy to keep up with the pace of life. It can feel like time is running away, and there’s always more to do…
How HSPs Can Handle Conflict Without Losing Themselves (with Konrad Benjamin)
You don’t need me to tell you we live in divided times. This is especially true when it comes to beliefs, ideas, and opinions about…
Serenity is Not a Destination
Serenity is not a destination we are trying to reach. If we can’t find it here, we are unlikely to find it “there”. Are you…
If Everything is Borrowed…
“Nobody really owns anything. We give back our bodies at the end of our lives. We own our thoughts, but everything else is just borrowed.”…