The Now.
All you ever have is the present moment. What are you doing in this exact moment? Without judging—look around you. Feel the phone your...
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Making room.
An honest #blog post - I’m homesick. I miss my friends. I miss my family. I miss Indianapolis. I am so so so grateful for this place I’m...
Go inward.
I’m smiling. I’m happy. I’m proud. I’m fearless. I’m living in abundance. But I’m also sad. I’m scared. I’m panicking. I’m in an internal...
Inner peace
Don’t hang on too tightly. To your personality traits. To your friends. To your religion. To your body. To your city. Everything...
My mission as a human being.
Hello blog-readers. I typically keep these short and sweet; Mostly because I'm used to posting captions, not pages. I grew up in an...
We feel what we focus on.
“What we focus on in life, we feel” Being hyper focused on one area of your life can be extremely beneficial. However, what’s the cost?...
Intentional change.
Yesterday I was with a friend discussing some part of his behavior and I commented jokingly, “you’re going through a phase.” His...
The enemy of wisdom is pride.
Pride is something I try to think about a lot. In the Bible, it says it was the first sin. Whether you see the Bible as truth or as just...
Thought Evaluation.
The art of mindfulness is about mastering the ability to change or modify our habitual thought patterns or processes as soon as we...
Do one kind thing.
A little reminder to keep those around you safe...and take care of yourself. Do one kind thing for yourself today. Maybe stay off your...
Seasons.
This season has been extraordinary for me. To be quite honest, the past few months were a little shaky. I wasn’t happy with some aspects...
I hope you have an average day.
I hope you have an average day today. While listening to an audiobook today, I heard about the danger regarding the extraordinary. If...
A poem
Something I’ve always been passionate about is writing poetry. There’s something special about using words to create. This is a poem I...
An attitude of gratitude.
An attitude of gratitude... As I was taking my mindfulness practitioner course this morning, something the instructor impacted me. He was...
Fail Better.
Safety is the enemy of success. Thomas Szasz says, “Every act of conscious learning requires the willingness to suffer an injury to one’s...
What's your emotional repression habit?
“Rather than trying to control or interpret our experience, we train to relax our grip. By wakefully letting go into what is right here,...
Just be
What would happen if you just slowed down today? If you just let go of the expectations you have for yourself? If you let yourself...
What do you value?
What are your values? A podcast I was listening to the other day said that they did a study with a group of people about what pushes...
Vulnerability leads to connection.
Part of why I began this practice is to show that vulnerability leads to connection; and connection leads to lending a hand. My passion...
Routine.
“A routine is exceptionally powerful” Darren Hardy, author of “The Compound Effect,” writes, “A daily routine built on good habits and...