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It’s Time for Some ‘Me’ Time: Making You A Priority
It’s perceptibly true that you cannot pour from an empty cup, but so often we try to fill up our lives and those of others, without dispensing a little self-love for ourselves. If there is one thing that I preach to myself on the daily, it’s to make time for ‘me’;...
Protected: Creative Visionary Series | FREE Purpose Discovery Resource Guide
I want you to take a moment to turn off the noise, end the comparison game and just imagine what it would feel like to use the gifts that you have been given to start something that created an impact, a movement for change. I’m being interviewed for The Creative...
The Back Nine Holes: A Life Lesson No Matter Where You Are In Life
If you're like me, you tend to filter what emails you actually read - especially the chain FWD, FWD emails - that you receive along with the 1,000 other shopping, trends, news and junk delivered daily. On this Tuesday morning in Santiago, Chile, I opened up my email...
Two Types of Motivation & Why Only One is Essential
Have you ever wondered why you do the things that you do? That is, what drives your behavior into actions for motivation, goals, and purpose? Your motivation to complete anything, especially important, can be categorized into two types – intrinsic and extrinsic...
Don’t Should On Yourself
How many times have you used the word 'should' to describe advice you are giving to yourself or others? Chances are that you ‘should’ yourself and others often and the likelihood that it turns into something productive and positive is slim (trust me, I know from...
One Jump At A Time: The Time I Went Skydiving in Portugal with 20 People
I believed I could fly and I kinda did. As you already know, I have a bit of adventure in my bones. I am spending all 2017 with 65+ strangers traveling across the world, living in a new city each month. This makes it easy to fulfill my adventurous soul. However,...
Choose Your Chapter Wisely: It Shapes Your Life Story
A chapter of a book tells an integral part of a story, piecing together an experience and mindset that allows the reader to think and feel involved and attached as the story progresses. Have you thought about the chapters of your life? The chapter of your life you are...
How Living in Asia Changed My Life
What if you could travel the world, make a living and meet amazing people along the way? This was the questions I faced in Spring of 2016 that would forever change my life. I came across this very question online for a program called Remote Year. As a result, I am...
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Fall Forward: 5 Steps to Getting Back Up After a [Life] Slip Up
It happens to all of us…we fall from time to time. I’ve certainly had my fair share of falls and even failures, but I’ve started approaching them differently and it’s changed the way in which I deal with a fiasco. The secret: fall forward. Fall forward is a way to say...
Live ON Purpose, not FOR Purpose
Discovering and living ON purpose is the single most important thing you can do to live a life that you want. Purpose brings out positively, our passions, usually involves helping others and requires us to be true and honest with ourselves. It forces us to be strong,...
You’re Closer Than You Think to a Purpose-Full Life: Take It From A Mexican Fisherman
Photo Source: Alex Promios In a world where dissatisfaction and always wanting more are life themes, it's nice to be reminded that simplicity and loving where you are is critical to happiness and purpose. Let's be honest, we are always looking to make more money, have...
If Time is Money, Spend It Wisely
Tick, tock. They say time is money, that is, time should be looked at as a resource. Often times, this is associated with doing things with more purpose or intent and quicker. There are really only two ways to spend your time - wasting or investing. With those two...
How A Herd of Elephants Changed My Life
You know all the things you've wanted to do? You should do them! Who would've imagined that an extensive two days of research on Google, two-hour flight to Chaing Mai, Thailand, and a night of little sleep would allow me to experience one of the best days of my life....
Treat Yourself (Without Paying A High Price)
Delicious Habits. Sounds yummy and rewarding, right? Goal setting can be tough. It is both essential and motivating to establish a reward system for yourself when you achieve goals and/or milestones to reaching your goals. Often times, this comes at an expensive price...
The Secret to Everlasting Motivation
We all search for motivation. We search for it in the form of books, podcasts, television, documentaries, radio, mentors, coaches, etc. These are all great. The can give you an extra boost to move toward your goals. The problem with this is one thing – there is not...
30 Before 30: My Bucket List
Turning 30 is a major milestone. Personally, I am looking forward to 30. I have never been more clear in my life on who I am, where I am and how I want to be. I am spending the last year of my twenties, traveling across 12 international cities, across three...
A Secret to Finding Your Purpose in Life
"I do believe something very magical can happen when you read a good book." - J.K. Rowling As humans, we have all the gifts within us to live happily and successfully. The key to this, as I've discovered first hand, is to search and identify your purpose. For me,...
Remote Year
Some would say that “great things never come from comfort zones.” This February, I have put this very philosophy to the test as I embark on a yearlong journey around the world with more than sixty-five working digital nomads —remote professionals— balancing both...