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EpicTrip: Philippines
June 14 – 24, 2013 You may have heard that Filipinos are some of the happiest people on earth. I believe that. My hope is that it rubbed off… sort of. More like, I hope I remember everything I learned...
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Experiencing Life
This is the most difficult thing I’ve ever written. It’s painful, sad, unpleasant, lonely, scary, relieving, necessary, and something no one should have to suffer through quietly or alone — but we do,...
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I Want A Ring That Tarnishes
I want a ring that tarnishes. If I’m going to wear a symbol, if it’s supposed to represent a relationship, or our commitment to it, I want a ring that tarnishes. Every time I renew and refresh my...
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The Tiny House Has a Name
Tiny House has a name! “Tomato Box” Here’s the story behind it: When I was a kid, the four of us — mom and 3 kids — spent a good bit of time traveling by car back and forth between two states....
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Everything’s Gotta Go!
…or “Closing a Chapter.” The idea is to live with what I need and to help others gain what they need. Simple, right? So what happens when you realize you have way more than you need? We call it...
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May We Love, May We Heal
This past weekend, I spent 2 days in a conference center with over 100 women who bore a kind of pain that takes years to create. Women who’ve been told they’re not really women because they haven’t...
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Traditions & Choices
Tweet First and foremost, I hope that you and yours have a marvelous celebration this season and that you start the year off feeling loved! My views tend to not be extreme in any direction. Unusual?...
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Learning is More Like Eating Lunch Than You Think
Tweet In the absence of an ailment that gets in the way, learning comes as naturally to us as eating, and only two main things are needed for either: Opportunity Environment Both are necessary....
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Fear: Bears vs. Skydiving (or Offices, or Love)
Tweet Fear and I Have an Interesting Relationship. Even as a child, if something scared me, I’d take a moment and determine whether that fear was warranted (e.g., approaching two bear cubs while...
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Speaking of Love…
What do I know of love? Hard to say. I can tell you all about how I experience love, but I can’t tell you much about receiving it. Yes, I have loved, but have I truly been loved in return? I cannot...
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A Raging Fire
F**k It If your year has been anything like mine, you’ve buried more people than you thought was possible in a 12-month period, most of which were surprises, all of whom were significant. You’ve seen...
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Conscientiousness Is Holding Us Back
Conscientiousness is holding us back… and it should. We’re f**king adults. Have you ever tried to explain to a bully why bullying isn’t ok, only to have them point out that they don’t see the problem?...
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Actions ≥ Words
I’ve learned a lot about people, behavior, and the ways we make decisions over the years. I’m definitely still learning, but once in a while, I find it helpful to stop and share some of these things...
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12 Things I’ve Learned as I Get Older
I’ve always learned a lot from listening to my elders, so I figured that for my birthday, I’d like to pass along a little cheat-sheet of things I hope you can learn from me (elder or not). 1....
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Egalitarian Crusaders, Allies of the Highest Order, and Predators
After centuries of silence — or in many cases, speaking out, but not being heard — we’re in the middle of a cultural norm pendulum swing that is necessary, ugly, painful, detrimental, and probably the...
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2018 – A Retrospective
Getting My Mind Right When I first started thinking about 2018, my body, spirit, and mood just sank a bit. It’s been a very difficult year on a number of fronts. Losses were mourned, losses are still...
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Dear Caleb {10 years}
Today was hard… And not just because it’s the shortest day of the year. I know I talk a good bit about light and how important it is for all of our functions… but that’s not limited to the light from...
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Order, At Any Cost
WTF is going on in the US? I know that many of us are unnerved by what we’re seeing in the world around us. Every hundred years or so, we’re faced with the same lesson, and we’ll continue to do so...
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