Unobstructed

Sometimes I wish I was one of those people who didn’t give a shit. Life would be easier. But nope, I...

“When’s the last time you cried out of happiness?”

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?”

About 10 years ago, my best friend answered the phone when I was in the middle of a mental health cr...

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...

You know when you’re talking to somebody and you can tell they think you’re full of shit… but they h...

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...

Ten years ago I wrote a poem about climbing out of rock bottom. Today, I stared at the white words e...

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 ...

Most of the limits we run into in life are ones that we place on ourselves.

It was my dream to become a writer when I was growing up. Lately, I've been thinking about this a lo...

I was five when I learned a lesson in dishonesty that I wouldn’t unlearn until my twenties. The sad ...

Our childhood dreams are bright, shiny, and exciting.