The Courage to Connect with Others
April 14, 2025
She sat on the floor next to me as I sat in the recliner. Ice machine and pain pills in full effect. It was just a couple days after ACL […]
Insights & Inspiration
Unraveling Perfect
March 21, 2025
“You’re good at everything you try.” “You make everything look so easy.” “Your hair always looks nice.” “Wow…you do it all.” “Your life is perfect.” These phrases followed me for […]
The Courage to Take Action
February 25, 2025
Back several years ago, I owned a coffee shop in downtown Cedar Rapids. I had taken a risk in 2011 to step away from a banking career, steady salary, match […]
The Core of Courageous Leadership
February 3, 2025
Before we talk about what’s at the core of courageous leadership, let’s ensure we hold the same definition of courageous leadership. In our society, we have traditionally celebrated a certain […]
A Mountain State of Being
December 19, 2024
Be the Mountain is not an action. It’s a state of being. A mountain does not waver. It remains still regardless of the day, weather, or creatures surrounding it. A mountain […]
Surrender Remembers. Fear Forgets.
December 10, 2024
Surrender Remembers. Fear Forgets. What has your attention right now? Where has fear, resentment, guilt and anger made a presence in your every day? Do these have a firmly held […]
Action Without Regrets
November 20, 2024
When is the right time to take action? Is there ever a right time? How do we know? Taking action in our lives can be as simple as changing a […]
Risking Everything for Our Full Aliveness
October 29, 2024
There are times in my life that I feel completely broken. Like unwanted toys. Dirty, broken, worn out from a new shiny box Christmas morning, if you get what I’m […]
The Continuous Adventure
October 10, 2024
To understand oneself is a continuous adventure. We will never be “done” and we will never reach “the end” of understanding ourselves. As humans we’re changing and growing each day, […]
Pondering
October 1, 2024
I’m pondering. Enlightenment in watching a bird build a nest. Picking out the branches, and twigs, and anything it can find that might be the right fit and size to […]
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