Over the last few months, I’ve been growing up. At least, "grown up" things have been happening in my life. Two were of my own volition: getting married and buying a house. The third was seeing my mom pass away. The first two have seemed almost like I’m playing pretend at times, like my life is still in a lower gear yet higher gear things are happening whether or not

I’ve been writing and speaking about how to best deal with challenge and hardship in life for about 20 years now, and I have a confession to make: I don’t think that I’ve had to truly deal with hardship in my own life. If you’ve known me for any length of time this probably comes as no surprise; I talk often about my charmed existence. One of the main reasons

I asked Sifu a question the other day about how not to feel guilty about not always doing the Challenges of the Week, forgetting how to be powerful in this situation. I have a lot of things I'm working on for my goals for the year (key phrase “working on”). I’m not 100% successful at making all my goals every single day yet, so adding something that is extra feels,

We are not usually invited to make unreasonable goals. When we learn the process of setting goals and achieving them, we become unimaginably powerful. While we can and should be setting goals throughout the year, this is a great time to revisit the topic. Learning to achieve goals is like any other skill. We start with the basics and, with success, become masterful so we can achieve unreasonable goals. SMART goals First,

With Thanksgiving last week, I’ve been thinking and talking a lot about the practice of being grateful or thankfulness. The challenge of the week in the dojo is to spend at least one minute each day thinking about the things you are thankful for. This simple practice is easy to discount, yet it could absolutely change your life. Balance As martial artists, we seek balance. Physical balance can look like not falling