[047] Finding Your Voice (It’s Already There)
You don’t find your authentic voice by adding something new. You find it by removing everything that isn’t yours—the hedging, the explaining, the permission-seeking inherited from decades of “professionalism.”
[046] Finding My Voice by Losing It First
For 20 years, I helped others find their voice. Then I started writing my own story and discovered I’d forgotten how to stop hiding. Here’s what 46 weeks of self-examination revealed.
[045] The Most Important Thing Wisdom Keepers Can Do Right Now
What an extraordinary time to be alive! Pause and notice what arises in your mind from reading that statement. Crisis? Innovation? Both? In this essay, I explore why wisdom keepers have a vital role to play in these unprecedented times—and it’s not what you might think.
[044] The Finish-Line Fallacy
The Wall Street Journal just named the retirement crisis everyone’s missing: the loss of mattering. While Western culture treats retirement as a finish line, you can reclaim your role as wisdom keeper—starting today. No cultural revolution required, just a shift in how you show up.
[042] You Can’t Make Him Drink: What a Scout Camp Taught Me About Teaching Anyone Anything
You can’t force learning—only create the conditions where someone desperately wants it. A Scout camp lesson from my mentor Rusty that transformed how I teach.
[041] Five Stages of Becoming: The Books That Rewired My Year
A curated reading list for your Third Act: books on consciousness, aging, mindset, creativity, and focus that became one unexpected journey toward authentic living.
[040] The Books I Actually Finish (And Why That Matters)
After questioning my book-buying compulsion, I discovered a telling pattern in what I actually finish reading—and it changed how I’ll choose books going forward.
[039] The Book Addict’s Guide to Peace
What happens when the mantra that powered your career—knowledge is power—becomes a compulsion in retirement? Surrounded by 24 shelves of books and a Kindle packed with 500 more, Max confronts an uncomfortable truth: his reading habit isn’t about learning anymore. It’s about avoiding obsolescence.
[038] When the Teacher Becomes the Student (Again)
I nearly fainted speaking to thirty people this week. Here’s what the Messenger’s Journey taught me about moving from self-consciousness to presence.
[034] Finding God in forbidden love—then facing intervention
Falling in love with Mark didn’t turn me from God—it opened me to the divine. Then the church staged an intervention. Part 2 of Boy Meets God.