Through this experience, I learned the power of that simple phrase…’I’m not ok, and I could use a friend.’ — As I’m writing this, I am an American sitting on a plane in Azores, Portugal about to embark on an all-day journey to a small town in the heart of Spain. I don’t know why I’m leaving, other than that I must take a step in a direction… any step. …

You are a light in a world that needs illumination. — 11 years. To say that I was surprised 11 years and 9 months ago would be an understatement. To say that I was unprepared would be incomplete. I didn’t know how. I didn’t understand what it meant. …

The truth is that each decision you make is a small interest payment toward the outcome you’re ultimately going to achieve. — My Journey to Wealth From a young age, we hear statements such as: “What do you want to be when you grow up?”, “Get an education”, “Find a good job”, “Save money”, “Buy a home”, “Invest or save at least 10% of your paycheck.” There’s a running theme in these statements, a theme that…

Growth begins at the intersection of resilience and pain. — The past 6 months have been hard, there have been moments that have felt damn near impossible. My wife and I agreed 6 months ago that her and my kids would go ride the pandemic out in their home country, Portugal, while I stayed in the United States to sort…

“If I can just achieve *insert arbitrary goal*, I’ll be satisfied” — You read the title correctly. Poorly defined goals are the root of your unhappiness. I know this may sound counterintuitive, absurd, even outlandish. But I stand by the statement and in this article, I am going to show you why. We have all been guilty of this at one point…

我们从头开始治愈，这是从您和坐在您桌子上的人开始进行此对话开始的。- 我写有关健康，健身和心态的文章……谈论政治是我的工作吗？-绝对不。这是我的公民职责吗？-或许。今天的状态会深深地困扰我吗？-是的。人际关系对我而言至关重要吗？-他们是。我正在尽我的作用……

It’s January. This means that millions of us are about to begin the most horribly disappointing cycle of the year: new year’s resolutions. — It’s January. This means that millions of us are about to begin the most horribly disappointing cycle of the year: new year’s resolutions. The new year’s resolution cycle looks something like this… Identify largest perceived self-deficiency Make drastic decision to change or ‘fix’ identified deficiency

Get therapy, it’s the manliest thing you can do. — Let’s get something out in the open. I am a male who has dealt with depression, anxiety, anger issues, disordered eating, and some pretty gnarly self-talk in my past. If you take a look at the life I present online, you might make the assumption that I’ve got my shit…

Money doesn’t buy happiness, but not stressing about how to pay the mortgage helps. — A topic I’ve debated internally for as long as I can remember is the true nature of happiness. Particularly — what contributes to a person’s overall net happiness? Is it having a lot of nice things? Going on cool trips? Some mix of having stuff and experiences? In this article…