No one teaches us that we can be different; we just are I’m wrestling with something and need help. Maybe you are, too. Maybe you can help me. Maybe we can all help each other. Backstory I didn’t know what I wanted to be when I went to college over…
Tag: imposter syndrome
“Because even if you win, you’re still a rat!” FLASHBACK! KEW Episode 15: Rat Racer
If I’ve said it before, I’ve said it a million times. I still feel cheated by the rat race. The American Dream. The big lie. We are born, at least in the USA, dependent on the exchange of labor for money to support the US capitalist system. If we’re lucky…
“Enthusiasm is More Important Than Delivery” Preview KEW Episode 90: Improvisation, Yin-Yang, and the Grateful Dead.
Improvising is Magic for your Life
Preview KEW Episode 89: Trade-Offs
You know how they say you gotta give a little to get a little? Trade-offs are like that. In the biological world, organisms make trade-offs daily. Should I run out and grab that rabbit? If I get it I’ll eat, but I could also get eaten by a predator. Or,…
Preview KEW Episode 88: It Takes a Village
Have you ever heard anyone say, ‘it takes a village’? Man, I have. And I wish I understood earlier what they meant. When I was a full time stay-at-home dad, I felt totally isolated. My wife works 50+ hours a week. My parents were too old and far away to…
Preview KEW The Are vs Should Problem Interview Series: Antia Boyd
You know how some people are able to turn lemons into lemonade? That’s Antia Boyd. And it’s An-Tia, not A-nita. I was so excited to learn about how Antia’s work translates to the Are vs Should Problem. She came so well prepared to talk about her work empowering women to…
FLASHBACK! KEW Episode 4: Quiet vs. Distraction
Do you ever have trouble sleeping? Do you sometimes struggle with what to do next? Analysis paralysis style? How about when you are by yourself in a crowd. Do you feel like you have to pull out your phone? Personally, I have trouble just ‘being’, sometimes. And it’s really kind…
KEW The Are vs Should Problem Interview Series: Emmanuelle Chasse
Have you ever met someone who seems to be doing exactly what they were meant to be doing? I have. And this week I’m sharing our conversation as part of the Are vs Should Problem discussion. Emmanuelle Chasse is a helper. Like many we’ve interviewed on KEW, she helps people…
Preview KEW Episode 82: What Do You Need?
Really, what do you NEED? Do you know? I didn’t. This seems like such an innocuous question but it isn’t. It’s really hard to answer sometimes. And, like doing the Values work. And unpacking your Personal Inventory. And generally getting to know what you want out of life. Learning to…
Preview KEW The Are vs Should Interview Series: Emmanuelle Chasse
I was so happy Emmanuelle Chasse expressed interest in talking with us about the Are vs Should Problem. She gets it. She’s a podcast, blogger, mindset and weight loss coach, and just a super enlightened individual. Emma and I have a lot of overlap in our spiritual interests but you…