On Thursday, July 30th, 2020, the world watched as US. Representative and Civil Right Icon John R. Lewis was laid to rest in Atlanta, Georgia, a city in the district he represented for over 30 years. In the speeches and eulogy for Mr. Lewis, we learned so much more about…

“You know the nearer your destination the more you’re slip sliding away” — Paul Simon How this song — and it’s message — is one that keeps coming up for me, on playlists I’ve created and in random stores alike. You know it, right? That feeling when getting closer to achieving your goal it starts to slip out of reach? Or perhaps the knowledge that a completion date is quickly approaching but you feel…

In 2010, I found myself newly single and dating. Often. This was an amazing time in my life, where I learned so much about myself and about the world around me, and where I also started learning — again — about HIV/AIDS. BACK-STORY As a kid from the late Gen-Xer, pre-Millennial…

So… in this phase of determining my starting location I decided to take a look at how I really can practice what I promise I don’t preach: that meditation and mindfulness will make an impact in my world so I can in turn make a more positive impact in our…

…Suggestions In today’s #40DaysTo40 I share some of the tools that have helped this fool In addition to some incredible people, there are a few of different products that have helped me start my journey to a more holistically healthy version of myself. These products are mostly suggestions from friends, so I thought I’d pay it forward and share some of the tools I’ve found…

Day 38 of my #40Daysto40 challenge to become the best version of myself and I’m reminded of the importance of having a vision. I share the value of having a vision with my coaching clients as well as with larger groups whom with I have the chance to work. I also share the importance of admitting where you are because vision work is a lot like Waze — you can’t get to your…

I’m not a big cop/law/medicine 60 minute drama watcher. It’s not that I’m not a fan of this type of show, it’s that I’m usually turned off by the storylines that serve as the episodic element: children being hurt, women being raped and abused, anyone being murdered, and in the…