And sure, that sounds nice. But I’ve come to realize something: I prefer high-maintenance people. Not the dramatic, unreasonable, everything-is-a-crisis kind. But the ones who know themselves—and who ...

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The Walk of a Lifetime. I’ve been a walker all my life. Now, in my seventies, I must have taken thousands of steps across this world. I’ve walked with a spring in my step when joy found me, and I’ve ...

Unless you live under a rock, the state of the world is likely sending you into survival mode the moment you wake up. Survival mode is a specific set point in your nervous system, designed to keep you ...

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Genuine, deep love is a beautiful thing. You know the type I’m talking about. The love that sees you in the trenches with a partner, dealing with all that life throws at you. The kind of love that ...

There are moments when a place shows you something real. Not the tourist version. Not the postcard picture. Something older and quieter. For me, Nyepi is that moment. It’s my favourite time of year on ...

How performance culture disconnects us from imagination, fulfillment, and our capacity to evolve. One of the core problems with the collective’s potential to evolve ...

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For most of my life, I felt like I was living in two worlds that never quite fit together. One moved too fast; the other felt too rigid. I could never really figure out why I was always just a little ...

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Regardless of how unhealthy a relationship is, people often find it hard to admit that their relationship is complex. This confession is hard. It goes against the principles that we have established ...