Sometimes I wish I was one of those people who didn’t give a shit. Life would be easier. But nope, I...
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The Unobstructed Podcast: Episode 25 The Alpha Male Antidote by Derek MacDonald Visible vulnerabilit...
Curiosity helps you think about where you might be right or wrong about people.
It's always worth asking “what is this instead of?” or “ what is this in addition to?”
Becoming Who You Want To Be By Pretending To Be Someone Else by Derek MacDonald The mental magic tri...
Creative journeys are a slog. When people say following your dreams can be hard, they’re actually sa...
When I was coaching competitive snowboarding, I used to say: “if you’re not having fun, you’re doing...
The Unobstructed Podcast: Episode 24
I was sitting with my partner, Isobel, this afternoon in the screened-in porch of the fenced-in back...
If you only ever try to fix what you’re bad at, you might get better over time… but when you focus o...
For When Your Spark Burns Out by Derek MacDonald The poem that reminds me to accept wayward progress...
Friendly reminder, the people who say that learning is another way to procrastinate have already rea...
Since I run a weekly newsletter where I publish essays and podcast episodes, I wanted to find a way ...
Daily Emails From The Journey Writing full-time, sharing how I use tech to make space for creativity...
The Unobstructed Podcast: Episode 23 Changing What You Accept For Yourself With A New Type Of Storyt...
The Mask That Kidnapped My Happiness by Derek MacDonald Recovering the kid I lost by learning to emb...
The Unobstructed Podcast: Episode 22 How Childhood Dreams Predict The Person You Become by Derek Mac...
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