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Earlier this year I undertook a simple, 30-day experiment which I dubbed “The Bliss Project”. The Bliss Project began where all good projects and experiments begin – with an epiphany and a meltdown. Earlier this year I’d just returned to Los Angeles from a visit home to Australia. My trip back home was supposed to have been a “holiday” but …
It’s ‘new year, new you’ season. There are thousands of blog posts out there that are discounting the value of setting New Year’s Resolutions and thousands more discussing the best strategies for doing so. Whether you’re an advocate for New Years’s Resolutions or not, December is an awesome time to rewind, reflect, and reset. As I’ve written on this blog before, …
Somewhere along this path in life, in my late teens or early twenties, I gave up trying to meet my soulmate. I couldn’t find anyone I could connect with. And so, as well-intentioned friends do, mine coached me to lower my standards. Because I was worried about missing out… I did. Despite learning a lot, it never felt right. I’ve …
It is, perhaps, one of the greatest faults of Western society that we have all but convinced ourselves of the superiority of Force. We believe, at a collective level, that the path to what we want in life is painted in struggle, conflict, lack of flow and excessive “doing.” The truth is: this belief is nothing more than the result …
Everything in your life is trying to tell you something: What you need to do to feel fulfilled What you must do less of to be successful What makes you happy What your unique purpose is in the world The ways in which you need to grow and what you need to learn The problem is, most of us ask …
Genius feels like a pipedream for most of us. We think of genius, as if it’s something that’s confined merely to the top 1%. It’s Albert Einstein and Margaret Thatcher. The rest of us can hope (at best) for something slightly better than mediocrity, right? Wrong. The difference between you and Steve Jobs or Maya Angelou is not whether you …
Have you ever met one of those people that seems they have it all together—as if there’s a flow to the river of life and they’ve somehow managed to ride it? She rarely ever worries. He’s always smiling. They live their life purpose. Everything works out for them. And then there you are… Admiring silently behind a digital wall, wondering …
A few years ago I was sitting in a coffee shop with my friend, M. She half-yelled at me as I was sobbing into my coffee: “Your pain is your power. You are a force to be reckoned with my love.” I didn’t believe her. How could she possibly think this depression, this grief was my power? How could she possibly …
