The big lie of social change
One of the big lies among people who want to have a positive impact in the world is that to do good, we kind of have to feel bad. We […]
If it doesn’t feel good, it doesn’t do good
One of the most persistent myths in the world of social change is that: to do good, you must feel bad. This is not only false—it’s toxic.
Running our lives on renewable energy
Not only is it possible to run our life’s work on clean, renewable, internal energy, it is perhaps the most important thing we can do to make a meaningful, nourishing, and truly sustainable contribution over the long haul.
There is enough beauty and goodness in this moment, as it is
There is no resistance or suffering that hasn’t eventually passed when I simply keep breathing into it for long enough.
Leadership coach -> Purpose coach
Lately, “leadership coach” just doesn’t really convey what I do or reflect what I care most about. My hope is that “purpose coach” both differentiates me further from the crowd and is a clearer distillation of what I actually do.
China achieves historic 1 TW solar capacity milestone
And four more of humanity’s good news for climate, justice, peace, and more from the week of June 23 – 29 2025.
We are not here to heal
We sometimes overly center the role of healing in our lives. It’s as if we believe the whole point of our life is to heal our emotional wounds, that healing is the end goal. It’s not.
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.
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.