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Thrive State butterfly

Finding your way to the Thrive State

Thrive is one of those words that, while it sounds good on the surface, can be a little squishy when you start to poke at what people actually mean by it. Since it’s one of the key ideas in the…

Cat stalking

How the Threat State limits your life

Imagine you’re a hunter 50,000 years ago, walking across the African savannah as you scan the distance for wild game. Suddenly a lion comes charging at you. Would it be best for your brain to: Of course the answer is…

How inner ripples change the world

Each of us has the potential to be a walking, talking, mobile point of positive impact. But taking full advantage of that possibility isn’t just about our efforts in the world around us. It’s also about making a difference inside…

Slip on a banana peel

Permission to be human

Let’s just get something out in the open right now. I’m not perfect. No, really. I know it’s hard to believe (well, unless you actually know me – then it’s like, “Duh!”), but I fall short of embodying the things…

It’s time to free your music!

There’s a line in a poem by Oliver Wendell Holmes that I have always found compelling. “Alas for those that never sing, but die with all their music in them.” It’s not so much the tragedy of that unsung music…