Stories from the mountain.

I've been thinking about the value of failure lately. I started my first business when I was in my twenties, and it failed miserably. I was already $50,000 in debt when I realized that it was never going to work. To pay off that debt, I spent a few …

Can we become more authentic by embracing our shadow? The shadow is a term used in psychology to describe the unconscious parts of ourselves that we tend to repress or hide from the world. These can sometimes be traits or desires that we view as ne…

What is your personal myth? Our personal myths are the stories we tell ourselves of where we've come from and where we’re going, what we love and what we fear. Often, this story is full of reasons why we don't or can't have the life we dream …

How do we cultivate intuition? Intuition hasn't always been something I’ve relied on. I've often tried to think and control my way toward what I thought I wanted from life. But when I'm lost in thought or trying to control the world around me…

How do we live with uncertainty? Summer and autumn are fire seasons here on the mountain and that means that we live with the near constant threat of wildfire. Would I rather that we didn't? Absolutely, but not enough to leave this beautiful place …

How can we embrace resistance? This month’s story is a bit longer than usual, and a bit more personal, but I want to share something with you that’s spurred some deep transformation for me, because it’s something I think a lot us …

Do we have seasonal rhythms? It’s summer on the mountain, and life here is pretty much in sync with the sun. Both it and I rise around 6 am. It sets around 9 and I’m never too far behind. :) Bodhi and I try to head out for our daily wa…

How do you deal with setbacks?  ​We all have times in life where things don’t go the way we hoped or planned. I remember the first year my sleep podcast listenership took a dip in May, I got a little anxious wondering what I was doing …

Many of you know that Bodhi came from our local shelter. He was the runt of a litter of 12 puppies found out in the woods about 10 miles east of here. This picture is from the first time I saw him. (That's him in the middle with his nose sticking th…

The end of February is late Winter here on the mountain. The buckeye trees are starting to leaf out, the first wild flowers are beginning to peak out of the brown oak leaves littering the the forest floor, but it's still frequently below freezing at…