NL Post #23 — The Story You Were Given Your Permission Slip to Freedom Starts With You Have you ever stopped to wonder how much of the life you’re living was actually chosen by you? How many of your beliefs, decisions, ambitions, and expectations were shaped by the people around you long before you ever thought to question them? From childhood, we’re handed a script. We’re taught what success should look like, which paths are considered responsible, what dreams are realistic, and which ideas...
4 days ago • 6 min read
NL Post #22. Who’s telling you what to feel? Curiosity creates space between the message you receive to the response you choose. Who’s Telling You What to Feel? 🔷 Curiosity Why do so many of us give our power away? I keep coming back to that question. At what point do we stop exploring what we think, what excites us, and what we want to create—and start waiting for someone else to tell us? As children, we’re often rewarded for following instructions and meeting expectations. There’s a place...
11 days ago • 2 min read
NL Post # 21 —The Hardest Part Was Walking Through the Door POD Mindset in Action Two weeks before I finally went, I had already signed up. Xtreme Couture MMA here in Las Vegas—Randy Couture’s gym, a place filled with professional fighters and people who have spent years on the mats. I had a free one-week trial sitting there waiting for me, and instead of using it, I spent nearly two weeks creating reasons why now wasn’t the right time. Some of those reasons sounded pretty convincing. I...
18 days ago • 5 min read
NL Post # 20 — When You Break the Script Step out of the story you were handed, and into the one you are here to create When I was a young adult living back in Oregon, I didn’t realize how much of my life I was handing over to other people. I listened to what they thought was realistic, which dreams made sense, and what they believed was possible for me. Somewhere along the way, their opinions started sounding like facts. The problem wasn’t asking for advice. It was letting that advice carry...
25 days ago • 3 min read
Beyond the Newsletter: The Conversation I Wish I’d Had My conversation with Petr LightBear on the Spiritual Teachers Podcast—and what curiosity has taught me since. 🔷 Curiosity I recently had the opportunity to join Petr LightBear on the Spiritual Teachers Podcast to talk about my book, Curiosity to Creation, and the idea of reclaiming our personal power through curiosity and permission. Looking back at that conversation, there’s something I wish I’d given myself more permission to share. I...
about 1 month ago • 4 min read
NL Post #19 — Actions Define Family, Not the Word Itself Sometimes walking away is how we reclaim ourselves Words can create the illusion of belonging. Actions reveal whether it’s real. One thing I’ve learned over the years much of it through my military service is this: When someone, repeatedly uses words like family, brotherhood, or camaraderie to demand your loyalty... Run. Fucking RUN. Because real family doesn’t need to constantly remind you that you’re family. Real brotherhood is...
about 1 month ago • 2 min read
NL Post #18 Fear can speak but it doesn’t have to make your choices. Fear speaks, Curiosity questions. “Curiosity is the compass. When fear keeps you stuck, use it to find your next step.” — Justin Charles Allman Fear doesn’t always show up loudly. Sometimes it sounds intelligent. Rational. Responsible. It gives us a hundred reasons why we should wait, stay where we are, avoid the risk, or choose what feels familiar. Maybe now isn’t the right time. What if this doesn’t work? What will people...
about 1 month ago • 4 min read
NL Post #17 — Our Differences Aren’t Flaws in Humanity. Resistance surfaces the moment you break the script and stand in your power Imagine living in a world where everyone shared the same thoughts, feelings, emotions, desires, and ambitions. Nobody stood out from the crowd. We were all conditioned to follow the same script, and questioning the constructs humanity had created was something to avoid. What kind of world would that be? On the surface, maybe it sounds peaceful. No polarity. No...
about 2 months ago • 3 min read
NL Post # — 16 When Did You Learn to Dim Your Light? The world doesn't need a smaller version of you. it needs a version of you willing to express what's already within you There is a strange thing that happens as we move through life. We learn how to adjust. Not necessarily because someone sits us down and tells us to become less of ourselves. It happens much more subtly than that. We notice which parts of ourselves receive approval and which ones make people uncomfortable. We learn when to...
about 2 months ago • 4 min read
NL Post #15 — When the Life You’ve Built No Longer Speaks to Your Heart Success is not living someone else's dream. It is creating a life that's uniquely yours There comes a strange point in life when you can look around at everything you’ve built and realize that something no longer fits. It doesn’t necessarily mean the life you created was wrong. In fact, that can be what makes the realization so confusing. Some of the things surrounding you today may have once been things you desperately...
2 months ago • 6 min read