Crooked Butterfly Podcast

Doing a little clean up from last week's episode after a few messages and comments in response. To punctuate - my overarching ambition of last week's dialogue was to inspect myself and look for ways …

After listening to this over I feel like I was a bit frenetic and not quite articulate in taking my thoughts into specifics. But, it's posted and I feel there are multiple layers of messaging.

1st. I …

I suspect that for many who seek the motivational something somethings to help them find purpose, set goals, find success... that they really aren't wired to adopt the standard over played clichés of…

Too many small instances this past week where I find myself looking back and thinking I wasn't communicating quite well.

I deliberately phrase it this way instead of - 'I was misunderstood' or 'Somebo…

After a little pity party and negativity last week, I work through out loud how I processed and where I'm at today.

Let's not confuse freedoms, rights & liberties with privileges, comforts, convenienc…

I'm embarrassed to even upload this "sound event". I don't even want to call it a podcast. My intentions were to re-direct everyone to a Podcast I recorded with Will & Eli a day before with very litt…

Audio File of a video podcast we did to discuss leadership during these uncertain and stressful times.

Leadership, Management, and Authority are not synonymous and it doesn't mean the three must co-ex…

At a certain point, the last thing needed is someone sowing seeds of discord. Especially not from a position untempered from personal, petty, selfish, or whatever discontent position.

In times of exce…

You ever feel like something is wrong with you because you aren't super intense about goal setting, meaning making, or finding your purpose? Lately it seems there is such tremendous focus on living a…

Uphold the standards of class and dignity that you expect from others. Or, want to see from the world. Regardless of the disappointing reality of what is. Be the ideology, as best you can, and put mo…

Why is it that everyone asks for forgiveness at Death's doorstep? Wouldn't the time to prevent needing forgiveness be now? Through changed behavior?

Maybe a better question would be - why do we allow …

I found myself falling into the trap of trying to seek comfort and escape from some recent daily stress; because I have the means, 'outs', and luxury to. And I am unravelling the more and more I opt …

Too many little pokes here and there this week to not just dig into something in the moment.

Peeling back some layers to what it means "not to fall in love with your own bullshit".

From taking 'undue c…

I started up a conversation with myself on a long drive home; instigated, again, by: The First Agreement, listening to a Sam Harris interview w/ David Whyte, a Jordan Petersen quote about Character, …

Spending time digging into the 1st Agreement from "The Four Agreements". 

#1 Be Impeccable w/ Your Word.

My mind has been racing all over from tell the truth, develop a vocabulary, positive self talk, …

Digging in on some weird tosh psychological stuff here in how my response to certain things tune me.

I'm not going to summarize as I hope everyone listens. A short synopsis will not do anything justic…

I'm tiptoeing here and over the last few weeks around trying to get after some direct straight talk on suicide. In my head it all circles back and forth around hyper sensitivity, entitlement, the eff…

People have problems. It is normal, natural, and psychologically healthy - to have and process them.

It is absurd to need them for Identity. It feels like the world is growing where everyone needs to …

Happy New Year and Welcome to Season 2!

I started out with a plan to dig into a few ideas I've been chewing on for weeks. Then I went off script and into a few things more pertinent to the day and a r…