Pain is a path to purpose
Perhaps the most transcendent and highest form of healing our own emotional wounds is to offer to the world what we needed but didn’t get.
Peter Schulte
I'm a leadership coach, writer, and musician. I live in Bellingham, WA, USA with my partner Sara and kids Owen and Asa. I love to play music, be outside, and explore the beautiful Pacific Northwest.
Coming clean
Every time I find some excuse not to do the thing, I am just showing that I don't actually fully trust myself. Every time I show up and put in the work, the universe nudges me along toward what I most want for myself.
Free school meals to be extended to half a million more of England’s poorest children
And four more of humanity’s good news for climate, justice, peace, and more from the week of June 9 – 15 2025.
Lower the bar
Feeling successful has an alluring, habit-forming quality. You will naturally be drawn to do whatever makes you feel successful and proud of yourself.
Breakthrough in search for HIV cure leaves Australian researchers ‘overwhelmed’
And four more of humanity’s good news for climate, justice, peace, and more from the week of June 2 – 8 2025.
Pain is not the enemy
It’s not actually our pain that stands in our way. It’s our wounds that hinder us. It’s our wounds that need to be healed. Our pain is simply the loyal messenger that will keep delivering its message until it is heeded.
Big life update
At the end of last year, Sara and I decided to end our romantic relationship. But we haven't separated in the usual sense. We still live together, raise our kids together, and hope to do so for the foreseeable future.
No new coal plants planned for South America for the first time since the 1800s
And four more of humanity’s good news for climate, justice, peace, and more from the week of May 23 – June 1 2025.
China’s CO2 emissions begin declining for first time
And four more of humanity’s good news for climate, justice, peace, and more from the week of 19 – 25 May 2025.