Angela created this lovely audio meditation during a recent walk, which you can listen to here: (Listening time at 1x speed: ~13 minutes) Alternatively, the text of the audio is reprinted below, […]
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7 Ways to Plant the Seed of Your Story
People often struggle with telling their story because they think they need to fabricate some impressive narrative about themselves out of thin air. Doing so doesn’t feel authentic, and, let’s face it, […]
Make the Best of How You Collide Into Others
As the light was turning yellow, the car in front of us went through the still-green light and was T-boned by another car going full speed through the intersection. The T-boned car […]
Beside Every Valley There Grows A Peak
Editor’s Note: This is a continuation of our core conversation, “Extraordinary Women Change the World.” In our last post, Barbara Stafford shares her experience facing adversity in the wild. Today, Elisa Doucette talks about what […]
From Reset to Reintegration
In the last part of this story, I shared the lead-up to the reset. In case you haven’t been following, the reset occurred because Angela (my wife) developed acute and debilitating anxiety, […]
The Lead-up to the Reset
Yesterday I shared our experience with having to reset Angela and coming out of a different kind of darkness. This continues that story and shows more clearly how we got there. We […]
Out of a Different Kind of Darkness
I’m going to share a hard story with you about what’s been going on behind the scenes. It’s a story of struggle, perservance, and slow triumph and it’s still in-progress. I’m breaking […]
What I'm Here To Do
Editor’s note: I recorded this as a podcast for Productive Flourishing long after I originally published this post. I hope you enjoy it, and if you’d like to hear more episodes of the […]
Keep Learning and Helping – Let Go Of Regret
[If you’re reading this via email or RSS, you may have to click through to watch the short video.] One of the beauties of maturing is that you learn new ways to […]
A Breakthrough For This Vet On Veteran’s Day
[If you’re reading this via RSS or email, you may need to click through to watch this video.] I’ve recently had some personal breakthroughs when it comes to talking about my military […]
Get Up and Take Care of Your People
Editor’s note: I recorded this as a podcast long after I originally published this post. I hope you enjoy it, and if you’d like to hear more episodes of the Productive Flourishing podcast, you’ll […]
Successful Launches In The Past Don’t Make You Innovative Today
Editor’s Note: This is a guest post by Marissa Bracke. Just because people are buying your stuff doesn’t mean your tactics are effective. Sometimes it’s just a lack of alternatives. As an […]
Stop Before You Have To
I watched Scott Stratten’s TEDx talk this morning and I hope you stop for 15 minutes to do so, as well. If you pay attention to what those around you are dealing […]
You’re Damn Right It Sucks
On a particularly frustrating day on an excessively screwed-up mission, I got some bad news from higher headquarters that we needed to change routes and go back through the potentially IED-laden roads […]
What A Perfect Move-In Day Looks Like
This is a personal post about how smoothly our move-in went.
Behind The Scenes: The Home Edition
If you couldn’t tell, there have been a lot of things happening for us this month. I held off on writing a bonfire this month until I knew something more definitive, but […]
A Lost Rifle on a Dark Night
“We don’t have to do this tonight do we, sir? Couldn’t we get our convoy delayed until the route changes?” I think I’ll always remember the look in his eyes and the […]
Behind the Scenes: The “Drive” Edition
Fair warning: I say “I” a lot in this post, given that it’s a behind the scenes post. If you’re not into that sort of thing, feel free to move on. My […]