When Empathy Prevents Compassion
Since limited resources entail trade-offs, empathy can lead us to make poor decisions about how we use them.
How I Learned To Embrace Hope For The New Year
How a recently deceased student and his mother helped me let go of the pain of 2016 and embrace the hope for the future.
Just How Transformational Is Burning Man?
A personal perspective of Burning Man from a two-time Burner.
Write A Letter To Someone You Don’t Expect Will Ever Write Back
It felt surreal to connect with a man who I had known in “another world,” a different time, a life where I knew nothing of ostomies, tracheotomies, sutures, and vitals every four hours.
8 Destructive Thought Patterns That Threaten Visionaries
A monk’s guide to healthy thinking for the creative visionary in all of us.
In Order To Be Whole You Need To Be Broken
One of the most important elements of life is knowing who you are, understanding yourself and where you fit in the world.
On Embracing An Imperfect Christmas
There’s so much pressure for Christmas to be “the most wonderful time of the year.” But what if it isn’t?
My Mother’s Ballot
When my mother fell into a coma in the early morning hours of November 1st, her family, doctors, and friends all united in one goal: doing everything in their power to get her to wake up and vote.