In a world that often equates success with wealth, status, or achievements, it’s easy to lose sight of what truly matters. But when we pause and step back, we’re reminded that life’s deepest joys and most profound experiences aren’t found in accolades or material gains—they’re found in the intangible, soul-filling moments that make us feel…
I’ve often felt out of place in environments that valued conformity over creativity. Although I tried my best to fit in, I ultimately ended up needing to make my own world. But the writer James Baldwin once said, “The place in which I’ll fit will not exist until I make it.” And Frank Zappa put…
I grew up in an ordinary, middle-class family in Iowa where I attended public schools. Through a stroke of fate, I was critically injured in a head-on collision in my 20s and received insurance money that allowed me to attend the Ph.D. program at the University of Chicago. My fellow classmates were very different from…
“There are moments in our lives, there are moments in a day, when we seem to see beyond the usual. Such are the moments of our greatest happiness. Such are the moments of our greatest wisdom.” ~Robert Henri, The Art Spirit In my twenties, I was chasing success in Chicago—living in a vibrant city, pursuing…
I see so many people spend tens of thousands (even hundreds of thousands) of dollars on training, certifications, and degrees because they’re afraid to embrace their true gifts. They think that they just need the proper credential and then they can finally do the work that’s been calling them. They feel that what they DO…
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