Lately, I've found myself thinking about change and growth, about the unexpected paths we sometimes take through life, and the new journeys we find ourselves embarked upon. See, when I was first asked to help lead and shape a center guiding folks in cultivating the mental toolsets to approach and improve their lives from a... Continue Reading →

Lately, I've found myself thinking about change and growth, about the unexpected paths we sometimes take through life, and the new journeys we find ourselves embarked upon. See, when I was first asked to help lead and shape a center guiding folks in cultivating the mental toolsets to approach and improve their lives from a... Continue Reading →

Personal change doesn't come overnight, and it doesn't come easily. The secret to making meaningful, sustainable change in our lives is to practice compassion and self-acceptance. The goal shouldn’t be to rush the process, but to recognize and appreciate that it is occurring. Anyone who has ever tried to create a change in themself --... Continue Reading →

All my life, I've been an Alaskan. It's not a matter of geographical location; I've been thousands of miles away for decades now. It's a philosophy, an identity, a mindset, an intrinsic quality. It's a little bit of wildness. My family first arrived in the state in 1982. I was three years old. Alaska is... Continue Reading →

Every morning in Kauai, whether it held a kayak trip up the Wailua River to swim in the pools of the Secret Falls, a pre-dawn hike up the ridges of the Sleeping Giant to see sunrise over the island, or watching green sea turtles congregating in the tumultuous surf at Queen's Bath, Lee and I... Continue Reading →

We weren't supposed to have the Jeep. When planning and budgeting the trip months earlier, we hadn’t even considered it. "I don't care what we drive," I replied when Lee asked what kind of rental car I wanted. "As long as it gets us where we wanna go, it's fine." If I'd thought to look... Continue Reading →