We start to feel lost without meaningful engagement in our path, which doesn’t just involve working toward something meaningful but also digging up meaning right in the middle of the journey. If you honor where you are, you bring that sense of appreciation and aliveness into the destination. What a trip that would be!

This is a life-affirming blog post, one to come back to whenever you can’t remember what it feels like to enjoy the simple miracle of being alive. These are just some of the countless reasons to stay alive. Things to look forward to and cherish, as a way of holding the lantern when you’ve dropped it — or when a friend has forgotten their light and lost their hope.

Ever (or often) wonder how to live a happy life or an even happier life? There’s this awesome interview you need to listen to. Or at least read about. There really are science-backed ways to be happy that we can ALL learn from. Cheers to that!

The words we choose and the *way* we use them together can hurt or heal, destroy or build, isolate or unite. If you want to be more mindful about what you say and how you say it, read this. It'll remind you how powerful YOU are. To live and love, the way YOU want to.

You don't need to be grateful for everything to be grateful for the path you’ve chosen in the wake of everything. Heartbreak may or may not have led you to more desirable places, but how you choose to walk now also matters — and it’s okay to be grateful for that.

The more we tell the truth about what we’ve gone through and are still going through, the easier it is to trust ourselves. I think that’s because sharing is daring to discover who we can be beyond any one story. Bearing your heart and soul: that’s one of the bravest ways to heal and grow.

Another year, another moment to reflect on the miracle of being here. May these new year lessons and reflections rekindle your hope for something new if you’ve been feeling lost, stuck, sick, behind, or doubtful about the state of the world. Things can change. It’s rare that they don’t.

Humble advice: Don’t graduate from being a student of life. Keep your eyes and heart open, curiosity alive because it will keep you alive. Here are some reminders to use every sense you’ve been equipped with to feel everything fully, to appreciate the little things, to live like you mean it.

Love that's never lost, never apart, never incomplete... what love really means. Read these notes to remember, and feel better about every single relationship you have. When you're hurt, dismantled, closed down, misunderstood, consider the love that’s “missing” and treat the pain like it’s a call for your own love.

How to respect the mystery without demanding that it explain itself? If you do, it sort of feels like magic. Here’s a letter I wrote to Inspiration (the energy, the entity) to help you sink into the sweetness of allowing, enjoying the unfolding of a beginning before any concrete ideas show up.