I wanted to write to you today about doing the hard thing -

It’s not the sexiest subject. I get it. I can see it in the way eyes glaze over, how minds drift toward what's for lunch. Discipline doesn’t give you that dopamine hit. It doesn’t sparkle with the novelty of the next big hack or trend. It’s not rebellious or edgy.

But stay with me for a few minutes - I promise there's gold here.

Over the years, I’ve spent a lot of time immersed in the study of Flow States and Peak Performance. When people first hear those terms, they get excited. There’s a buzz. Words like hack, bio-optimize, and shortcut get tossed around, as if the goal is to cheat the system, or trick the body and mind into transformation.

But when you boil it all down, there’s a truth that can't be bypassed:
To get to Flow, you must first commit to Form.

And Form means practice. Discipline. Devotion. It means choosing to show up for something that will shape you over time.

That shaping always requires focus, energy, a...

I've been listening to Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism lately, and I keep having to pause it, often mid-sentence, to ponder the points within...

I shared a piece of this during one of the recent eclipse events, but it’s asking to be mentioned again, with more space to explore.

There’s a passage in the book about being open that stopped me - We tend to revere those who seem open-hearted, open-minded. We place them on pedestals, believing that they are the enlightened ones, the “examples,” the ones who figured it out.

But we’re missing the whole point.

Because being open isn’t some rare, saintly feat. It’s not reserved for mystics or those who meditate at sunrise every day.

Openness is our natural state. It’s actually easier to be open than it is to be closed, guarded, defending, suspicious.

Take that in:
We believe that kindness is rare.
That compassion is hard.
That love is fleeting.
But none of that is true.

The truth? At the core of each of us is love, honour, grace.

And mo...