The Mind Unset

I know... we're supposed to be in the in-between, in the season break, but I have to clear the air. I have something to share with you. 

But first, a question.

If someone said they were going to take a…

Change is in the air. 

Baja Summer is making her graceful exit. October is just around the corner. It’s happening so fast but that seems to be how it works.

Once things start to ramp up and the tectoni…

I don’t know why I ended up in that little surf village. It just looked like a cool place on my paper map, stashed way out there on a desolate point of land like the last berry on a branch drooping c…

Anthony Bourdain said food is everything we are. It’s an extension of nationalist feeling, ethnic feeling, your personal history, your province, your region, your tribe, your grandma. It’s inseparabl…

How do I even begin to describe this episode?

Well, in 1963, Paul Zahl, head guy at National Geographic coined a phrase when referencing the Coast Redwoods and Giant Sequoias in California.  He called…

"It was character that got us out of bed, commitment that moved us into action, and discipline that enabled us to follow through."  –Zig Zigler

Episode 50! 

It's a pretty special day for us here at The…

Albert Einstein said everything in life is vibration. 

Everything in the universe is in a constant state of movement. These movements are referred to as vibrations. The speed or rate of vibration is c…

He called it the 2% rule. He explained it like this. When you’re flying a jet, you push the throttle to the limit and then back 2% so that it feels like you’re riding just at the edge. 

He was a legen…

"When your emotions go down, your logic goes up." Amy Morin

I had a recent conversation with someone I love dearly but disagree with on so many levels. 

I told myself before our conversation that I was…

Spreadsheets are hard. Asking people for help is hard. Dispensing with self-critical talk, meditation...incredibly hard for me.  1000 pushups? Not hard.

Have you ever aspired to run a marathon or clim…

Do you ever feel like your brain is broken? Like, no matter how hard you try to focus on a task, you just can't beat the distraction faction?  

Well, that's me this week.

Between the construction noise…

Miles Davis said, "If you're not making mistakes, it's a mistake." 

In order to create structure and be productive, we have to develop routines, habits, and schedules. 

And then, once we have establish…

...and when that mile was met, I said, one more. Like an inchworm, I measured the ground, inch by inch, foot by foot, mile by mile.

Today in Episode 43, we are not talking about failure. We’re talkin…

23.5 degrees. Not the temperature, the angle. I bet you never wasted a single second's attention on it. You'll feel differently after E042!

Today's a special day. It's the first day of summer and the …

Marcel Proust wrote, "The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes."

This episode is republished from Season 1 and was recorded at a time that had me figh…

Matthew McConaughey said, "The best advice comes from people who don't give advice."

So, let's talk about giving advice.

We all have that friend or family member. Their life is a bit of a mess. They’re…

"The most important things lie too close to wherever your secret heart is buried, like landmarks to a treasure your enemies would love to steal away."  -Stephen King

Here we are, the end of Season 3! …

"I spent a lot of time on my own, experimenting, trying to figure out what the upgraded version of me looked like. And honestly, that process never stops."

Lili Wexu is an author, award-winning film a…

She is the Muse. Of course, we coddle her. Love her. And implore her not to abandon us. But sometimes, it takes running out of mustard to find her. 

Yes, I said it takes running out of mustard to conn…

One of the things I love most about doing this show is featuring some of my incredibly passionate and talented friends. Living like a gypsy for the last ten years had its drawbacks but I got to meet …