“Measure your success based on how much fun you’re having.” — Gabby Bernstein Sometimes we get so focused on productivity, goals, and doing the “right” things that we forget one of the most important indicators of a healthy life: joy. …
Category: Personal Reflections
If It Hurts, It Hurts — You Don’t Have to Justify Your Pain
If it hurts, it hurts. You don’t have to justify it. You are not being too sensitive. Each of us feels things in our own way. If something hurts, that’s real. It’s not overreacting. It’s not being too much. It’s …
Healing Isn’t Linear — And That’s Okay
One of the biggest misunderstandings I see in my clients is the belief that healing should be linear. That once you’ve done enough therapy, read the right books, or finally understand your past, you “graduate” from your wounds and never …
The Pain in My Hips Wouldn’t Go Away — Until I Stopped Trying to Fix My Body
It started back in Australia. I thought, “I’m just sitting too much.” So I walked every day. Did hip-opening yoga. Tried to fix it physically. But when I got to India… it got worse. Yesterday, I couldn’t get comfortable at …
The Real Test of Spiritual Evolution
“It’s easy to appear spiritually evolved while drinking Ayahuasca or reciting scriptures. The real test is who you are in traffic, when you come across someone with an opposing view, or when your food’s late.” — Vex King Spirituality is …
Catching the Hiking Bug: 42 km on the Gidjuum Gulganyi Walk
42 km. 4 days. 3 nights. The Gidjuum Gulganyi walk in Australia, carrying everything we needed on our backs. What an adventure! To be honest, I thought I might struggle. And it wasn’t easy. But once you’re out there, there’s …
Has Social Media Stopped Being About Connection?
It’s wild to think that social media, once built for connection, is now mostly a stream of videos from people we don’t even know. When we flick to the next video, we don’t know who created it, what kind of …
Maybe You Don’t Notice Your Progress Because You’re Always Raising Your Bar
“Maybe you don’t notice your progress because you’re always raising your bar.” And that right there healed me a little. — Unknown If you keep raising the bar, you’ll never feel your wins. Pause for a moment and let yourself …
The Wait Will Make Sense Once the Right Thing Arrives
The universe is never late, just precise. What’s taking time is often taking shape. You can be in-between and still be in purpose. Not all movement is forward — some of it is inward. Holding out for what’s true is …