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I recently celebrated my 40th birthday and in the week leading up to my birthday I spent a lot of time writing and reflecting on what felt like a significant milestone.  I was mining for some wisdom from the past 40 years and it came out as some advice that I’d...

Knowing our values, what matters most to us, is a crucial ingredient to creating a fulfilling life. Our values are what guide us and help us stay connected to what really matters. Circle four of the values below that are most important to you. Here’s a list of...

Many of us tend to eat in a rush, or while focused on other things – often we don’t even taste our food, and so we end up eating more than we need. Because of this, mindful eating has recently become a popular weight loss practice: rather than the severe restraints of...

Few experiences can compare to holding a human brain.
 It was my first year of medical training. I was nineteen years old, and as I stood in the cold, sterile dissection room with a brain in my hands, I wondered how a lifetime of memory, feelings and thoughts could...

  ‘The difference between technology and slavery is that slaves are fully aware that they are not free.’
 ~ Nassim Nicholas Taleb With invisible umbilical cords connecting us to our devices 24/7, staying focused is becoming increasingly difficult. Our attention...

Parenting. On a good day, it’s an exhilarating spiritual journey of epic proportions, where we have the privilege of witnessing our most creative project flourish. On a bad day, it’s an exhausting, frustrating ride where we are tested beyond our limits through sleep...

Few experiences can compare to holding a human brain.
It was my first year of medical training. I was nineteen years old, and as I stood in the cold, sterile dissection room with a brain in my hands, I wondered how a lifetime of memory, feelings and thoughts could...

  ‘The body is your only home in the universe. It is your house of belonging here in the world. It is a very sacred temple. To spend time in silence before the mystery of your body brings you toward wisdom.’ John O’Donohue Studying medicine expanded my awareness...

‘The most regretful people on earth are those who felt the call to creative work, who felt their own creative power restive and uprising, and gave to it neither power nor time.’ Mary Oliver Over the past few years I’ve been on a mission of unlearning self-protective...