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Let’s get real: if you’ve ever walked out of a situation thinking, “Why did I react like that?” or “Why does this always happen to me?” — you’re not broken. You’re likely battling something I call a Primal Wound. These wounds are invisible, often buried, but they drive everything — your...

The 6 vs. 9 Trap: Why Perception Really Is Reality I saw a meme recently of two guys standing on opposite sides of the number 69 painted on the pavement. Before your mind goes straight to the gutter, stay with me... One guy is looking down and shouting, "It’s a 6, you idiot!" The other is...

For those who want to skip right past the fun, here’s the moral of the story up front: we learn far more from our losses than we ever do from our wins. And in life there are all sorts of losses. There's the good kind, met fair and square. There's the dirty kind, when you're playing against...

Day 4 was, hands down, one of the most drop-dead gorgeous legs of the entire cross-country trek. Though, as you’ve probably deduced by now, roughly ninety percent of this historic book tour has revolved around mechanical triage, questionable cockpit hygiene, and an unrelenting obsession with...

It’s been more than a week… When life pulls the rug out from beneath us, our creative instincts tend to go where the ache is, at least mine does. I stood in my kitchen with a mop in my hand, staring down at the spot where Stilly’s bowl still rested, empty. He didn’t come meowing over, even...