The Ghost in the Room
A perhaps unpopular opinion: Law is for smart people who don't know what they want to do.
The Not-Enoughness of Success
A 19th-century "hack" for donkey races explains why our modern careers feel like a dead-end pursuit.
When Coaching Work is Just Another Way to Avoid a Decision
Why insight and self-reflection sometimes become a mirage instead of a path forward.
The Life You Didn’t Choose (But Still Think About)
On sunk costs, imaginary alternate lives, and learning to live with the path you’re on.
What My High School Art Teacher Taught Me About Permission
One of the many lessons of Ms. Lottering.
Finding Your Voice Is a Task You Never Outgrow
What my daughter’s first stage performance and a conference of professional speakers taught me about vocation, fear, and being heard.
26 Ideas for '26
It's the end of the year (almost). Here are some quick thoughts before we wrap it up.
How I Actually Left the Law (And What No One Tells You About Switching Careers)
From entertainment law to coaching and creative work, these are the real questions, doubts, and conversations that shaped my so-called “non-traditional” career.
The Six Core Questions.
The six questions that underlie almost every conversation I have and quietly shape how we work, love, and live.
When Good Enough Feels Off.
Eye contact with strangers, Sam Harris, Hermann Hesse, and why success sometimes leaves us uneasy.
Your Career Isn’t Broken. It’s Just Out of Order.
How Filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard might suggest you look at your life.
The Caterpillar Who Wanted to Be a Squirrel
On the absurd, beautiful, and terrifying work of becoming someone new.
Yes, You Can Do It All — The Question Is How
What would it be like to live as a Swiss Army Knife?
When the Deadline Looms...
The provisional self collapses, un-lived lives make their claims, and mortality finally comes into view.
What If You Actually Answered the Call?
Fear will keep you stuck. Courage isn’t the absence of fear, but learning how to act through it.