It’s a lot closer than you might think — Being a NAVY Seal has to be one of the most hardcore jobs there is. It’s hard to even imagine what they have to do, see, and process on a daily basis. If they didn’t have ways to self-regulate, stay calm, and keep focused right there in the moment when…

“Life is short. Break the rules. Forgive quickly, kiss slowly. Love truly. Laugh uncontrollably and never regret anything that makes you smile.” — Why do we love Mark Twain so much? After all, he’s been dead for over 110 years now. Although, saying that, Jesus has been dead far longer and he’s still loved so I guess that kind of thinking doesn’t stand up so well. Maybe it’s his humour then? Or his…

It’s Not Always Sexy, But It’s Real — … but let’s start with the sexy part first. The First Encounter Unlike other breathwork techniques, SOMA Breath has specifically designed brainwave music that’s designed to drop you into a deep meditative state. I didn’t know that at the time. All I heard was this deep base-y frequency beating to a rhythm of…

Now, I can’t live without it — You know how it goes: “How you start your day is how you live your day. How you live your day is how you live your life.” That’s from Louise Hay but there are a lot more like it. Some influential people go one step further by saying that we…

Here is wisdom from one of the greats alongside some of my own — I’ll be honest with you, when I first started writing online, I sucked. My titles lacked direction, I choose unrelated, poor-quality images, I made basic grammar look hard, I had no flow, and there were more typos than I care to admit. The only good thing going for me was…

The only trouble was that I had to watch it burn to the ground first — Three years ago (when you know what happened) I found myself without money or the prospect of work. I had been teaching scuba diving prior to that which, as it happened, was one of the worst industries to be in during the pandemic. I think it was all that breathing-through-the-same-mouthpiece…

“We don’t stop playing because we get old, we grow old because we stop playing” — George Barnard Shaw — Recently, I adopted a 5-week old stray kitten that appeared at my door. He was starving, weak, and on high alert. So, first, we had to establish trust. I gave him a bowl of food, and he became curious. After his second bowl, he let me come closer. After 5…

“Failure makes me work even harder” — It’s strange to think of someone like Michael Jordan — the greatest basketball of all time and NBA’s first billionaire — giving so much time and energy to failure. But as it happens, there was method to his madness. He kept failure close to keep him sharp and humble. It…

“Whatever it is that you do, you are making a stand, either for excellence or for mediocrity” — Wherever I look, successful people always say the same. “I shoot hoops every day.” Basketball players say. “I run every day.” Marathon runners say. “I write every day.” Writers say. “I dance every day.” Dancers say. “I get in character every day.” Actors say. “I strum my guitar every day.”…