What if the worst thing that has ever happened to you is actually the best?
What if your pain/suffering created roots so deep that no amount of wind can uplift the essence your spirit lives in?What if you let go of trying to think your way out of your trauma and trust in your body’s ability to heal itself? Turning the thing that turned you into the thing that transformed and informed you — that is the embodiment of Post-Traumatic Self Compassion.
The best way I can describe the BOOM experience is, for a brief moment in time, being slung out of the orbit of normal everyday waking consciousness, and being thrust into the outer layer of existence, floating, contemplating and feeling the actuality of the NOW, in all Her beauty, fragility and complexity. This act of leaving the rat race to pursue absurdity for a brief period of time is so rare.
“We may not be responsible for the world that created our minds, but we can take responsibility for the mind with which we create our world.” — Dr Gabor Mate. In August 2021 I visited the Earth Awareness Nature Temple in the heart of the Netherlands to attend a Magic Mushroom retreat.
Personal development programs are popular in today's 'fix me because I'm broken' culture. The promise for 10x growth sells. However, all self-improvement programs, mindfulness strategies and retreats forget one key element to healing: the animal.
"Moderation" is the great lie of the century. It was invented by senile men who are living in despair and have zero skin in the game of sustainable fat loss. When you eat the right foods –meat! – your body has a natural moderation-sparing valve that sends feedback to your energy-dense brain, letting it know you're good for the next 16-18 hours.
“We may not be responsible for the world that created our minds, but we can take responsibility for the mind with which we create our world.” — Dr Gabor Mate. In August 2021 I visited the Earth Awareness Nature Temple in the heart of the Netherlands to attend a Magic Mushroom retreat.
Each year I strive to spend time away from social media. My social drug is Instagram. This year was interesting to say the least: but it proved to be just what I needed to give my mind some slack.
I recently revisited a YouTube video by one of my mentors and heroes in the world of spirituality and trauma: Dr. Gabor Mate.
“Courage does not always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, 'I will try again tomorrow.” ― Mary Anne Radmacher. This quote beautifully illustrates the life of any creative.
Do you like coffee? Or do you like the ultra-processed micro-textured milk and honey and vanilla swirl syrup? Do you like oats? Or do you like bananas, berries, papaya and honey on top?
The 80/20 rule (or Pareto Principle) is a simple mathematical concept that was observed by Pareto:
The 80-20 rule, also known as the Pareto Principle, is an aphorism which asserts that 80% of outcomes (or outputs) result from 20% of all causes (or inputs) for any given event
There are many examples where you can apply this principle for a better quality life. Or should I say: a more flow-state driven life. A life where the right strategies align with the right intentions.
Tara Brach is a master writer and proponent of Radical Acceptance. There is a quote in her book on how Rilke uses the metaphor of baking biscuits into an account into the nature of consciousness and how we tend to compare our lives to the perfectly curated packaged pieces of smiles on social media in the form of influencers (or even friends).
Ed Catmull, the co-founder of Pixar, describes the creative process in his book, Creativity Inc., as having two fundamental laws: story is king and trust the process.
Today I turned 25 years old. Maybe this blog is an index into my quarter-life crisis that has lead me to this point?
The last three years of my life have felt like a movie containing a beginning (the lust), the middle (the suffering) and the end (the return). Stephen King and Steven Pressfield have, through their books, given me a framework to understand the importance of the three stages.
