The Modern Mythmaker

"No one likes epic heroes without epic monsters." -Alex Hormozi

Two years ago, very early in my journey through Central and South America, I attempted to shake my psyche into submission through surfin…

“I can’t sleep unless I do something to get myself exhausted.”

A few weeks ago, a friend told me that. I understood right away. I lived like that for years.

I grew up in a culture of surplus that bel…

“There are many people in the country today, who through no fault of their own, are sane. Some of them were born sane, others became sane later in life. It is up to people like you and me, who are ou…

I’ve written before about my beef with western philosophy.

I’m not a fan, for one simple reason:

I’ve yet to find one that offers a path to, or decent explanation of, the process of finding and holding…

What’s the first thing you think of when I say “1950s”? Is it mad-men suits and sexism? The beginnings of suburbia? The Korean war? McCarthyism? A room full of suit-and-cocktail-dress-clad humans who…

Three days ago, I logged a three-and-a-half-hour surf session. As is often the case, I was the first in the water, last out. I’d only stood up four, maybe five times on my new fish board in all that …

“You can move energy throughout the body and hold it wherever you want to” said our teacher. “Using what are called ‘Bhandas,’ you can draw energy up through the earth, hold it by flexing different p…

First things first… HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!!!!! I hope you’re doing awesome, fun, spooky stuff with people that you love :)

Aaaaaaand, here’s today’s post:

In my current home-away-from-home, a little host…

“Maybe the journey isn’t so much about becoming anything. Maybe it’s about un-becoming everything that isn’t really you, so you can be who you were meant to be in the first place.”

―Paul Coelho

Dependi…

What’s the first thing you think of when you hear the word “yoga?”

For me, until three weeks ago, my first response would have been “tight pants.”

It may surprise you to learn that there’s more to it…

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Just a quick reminder before today’s post that I’ve discounted access to exclusive content again! If you want to read about The Unfamiliar Movement Project, join our private chat, and (fingers crosse…

Before today’s post, a little housekeeping! You’re reading this because you’ve signed up to support The Well-Lived Life. A few weeks ago, when I started releasing exclusive content, I said that I’d b…

*Hello hello everyone! I’ve decided to do something a bit different today, in the spirit of the Medium Writer’s Challenge! This is my entry for the category of Re-entry. It’s a deeply personal story,…

It happens piece by piece, a day at a time. You start to realize that you’re not angry, that you’re not anxious. The satisfaction that you used to know starts to sneak in and replace the low-level, h…

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I’ve had a miserable year, like most of the humans on the planet. Seeking healing…

“Our research really shows that the magnitude of risk presented by social isolation is very similar in magnitude to that of obesity, smoking, lack of access to care and physical inactivity,”

-The Amer…

Welcome to the first official exclusive post of The Unfamiliar Movement Project, where I’ll be sharing my journey exclusively with my subscribers! If you’re reading this, you’ve signed up to support …

“Don’t be satisfied with the stories that come before you; unfold your own myth”

-Rumi 

“Centuries of travel lore suggest that when we no longer know where to turn, our real journey has just begun.” 

-P…