She said, one day you'll have to support yourself. Not my mom, or a teacher, a financial advisor, or a business coach. These words of wisdom were administered as I teetered on one of those big exercise balls at a gym-- my feet in the air, one hand over my head and the other planted firmly …
Warrior
it’s okay to pull over
Imagine you've been convicted of involuntary manslaughter because you hit someone with your car. It was right in the middle of the day, plenty of light. But the fog had rolled in, thick and opaque, so you couldn't see through your windshield. But you were in a rush; feeling late to an …
Find your Warrior Why
Your destiny depends on it. Well, lemme back up. You may not have a destiny. You might be that rare soul with no purpose, a doormat of a reincarnation, so it doesn't matter what you do. It's OK to keep on letting yourself get kicked around. You can relax. ... You didn't think I …
Who determines what you value?
I'd been practicing massage therapy for 3 years before North Carolina began licensing massage therapists. I was grandfathered in. The state didn't require anything beyond a business card (and maybe not even that) to practice massage therapy before the year 2000 . But in 1997 I decided to …
Sticking it out
Here's my rule of thumb lately: the more often I'm uncomfortable, the more comfortable I can be. When I'm willing to withstand some momentary discomfort, like not knowing how to do something, doing something that's scary or hard, being lost, or totally f*cking up, the bigger my comfort zone …