How to Find Happiness by Stretching Your Mind

5 years ago

The mind, once stretched by a new idea, can never return to its original dimensions.Attributed to both Ralph Waldo Emerson…

How to Take a Free Vacation Every 7 Days – and Get More Done

5 years ago

In college, I tackled what was, for me, a really difficult music performance major. I’d gone into college with almost…

What an Encounter with Goats Taught Me About Personal Development

5 years ago

It wasn’t what I expected to see in a major city like Sacramento. A few weeks ago, I was riding…

A Model for Personal Growth: Finding (and Being) a Mentor

5 years ago

Have you ever met someone who’s life you wanted to imitate? For me, his name is Clare. I got to…

Redefine Your Personal Development Success by Looking Back

5 years ago

The massage was done, and I could barely get off the table. Not because I was so relaxed, but because…

Want a Better Life? Take a Moment to “Clean the Glass”

5 years ago

The sliding glass door was filthy. Our apartment’s balcony has a great park view, but Sacramento’s rainy season had given…

RISK = The Price of the Life You Really Want

6 years ago

We’re a family of artists. My wife Lisa is an author, our son Kilian is an illustrator/graphic designer, our daughter…

Do You Have a Child’s Perspective on Pain?

6 years ago

I was walking through a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit to visit my niece when I heard a child screaming. Loudly.…

Tackling My Identity Crisis with “The Litany of Humility”

6 years ago

It was a big change. After years of financial struggles, the church where I was working as music pastor merged…

What I Learned About Dreams on the Set of “Nancy Drew”

6 years ago

I recently saw my daughter Kennedy get recognized on the street. She’d just wrapped her first week of filming in…