The Real Soul-Mate: Tolkien’s Surprising Marriage Advice In 1941, J. R. R. Tolkien wrote a letter to his son Michael with complete counterintuitive wisdom on love. It made me cringe to read it, but it also made sense. In it, he wrote to his son...
Lately, I’ve been sitting with something deep. Stillness. Not the kind we force, but the kind that finds us when we finally stop running from ourselves. This stillness has shown me something: we’re often not afraid of life, we’re afraid of what we’ll feel if we stop distracting ourselves...
There is incredible aliveness and energy waiting for you to be experienced.This year, I started with a profound experience of doing a pilgrimage in India. We spent 2 weeks with an awakened teacher and visited multiple temples and places every day. These two weeks broke my mind...
Discover the hidden reason why Christmas can be so challenging and how to make it better In just a few weeks it's Christmas again. How this year has flown right? For many, it’s a time of togetherness and joy—but it can also be a time of...
Finding fulfillment in life by making a you-turn and doing the deeper work.] Have you ever felt that nagging frustration of not getting what you want in your relationship—or any part of life? If you have, you’re not alone. I’d like to share a surprising truth...
Have you ever felt overwhelmed by the "shoulds" and "coulds" bugging you—those persistent voices telling you what’s expected, what you should do, or what you could be doing? These thoughts cloud your inner clarity, create overwhelm, fuel procrastination, drain your energy, and make it hard...
We all know the frustration of making promises to ourselves, only to break them. Over time, this erodes our trust in ourselves, but it doesn't have to be like that. The hardest part of change is often admitting to ourselves that we need to change. It’s...
The willingness to look at the things you don’t want to see is what sets you free. Enlightenment, the liberation from suffering, requires us to turn towards, rather than away from, the very things we fear and want to escape. How unfair! Over the last three years,...
There is so much more we can get out of the relationships in our life, discover some ideas on how you can deepen the connection and experience more closeness and satisfaction in your relationships. Yes, it involves effort and creativity, but I promise, it will be worth...
Have you noticed a pattern of let's say frustration and anxiety? Have you heard of this common issue: sticking to familiar emotional patterns, even when they're painful? We, humans, love familiarity, it keeps us safe. We decide something about ourselves and the world around us and...