

Manifesting Your Destiny Is a Lie, So Get Back to Work
Life coaches, spiritual guides, and similar gurus all point to an un-manifested destiny as the source of all your problems. Truthfully, the universe doesn’t care for you.
Mindfulness and the Path Less Dawdled
While we might overthink the concept of mindfulness, the path to achieving it might not be so different from the one we walk every day.
Life Is a Sweet, Tender Bruise XXVI
John Michael continues his series Life Is a Sweet, Tender Bruise, reflecting on life and people encountered, with a new story about family, community, and carpe diem.
I Hope Today’s Climate Change Demonstrations Are Heard, and I Hope to See You There
In my generation, we’ve had demonstrations against the Iraq War, Wall Street, and against marriage inequality, but today’s climate change protests will stand alone.
Finding One’s Feet in the Subjectivity of Work-Life Balance
Work-life balance is a precarious tightrope to walk. Compared to most of my friends, however, my tip-toed path in achieving it has operated in reverse.
Mental Peace Through Violence Just Raging Bull?
The trend that allows you to destroy a room full of objects in the name of inner peace sounds good, but it’s akin to putting a band-aid on a broken limb.
One Small Step: The Effect of Viewing Our Problems From Space
The “Overview Effect” is a concept birthed by astronauts, one where the individual realizes that our problems are quite small in the greater scheme of things. Perhaps, we should take a lesson.
On Mindfulness, and Why We Shouldn’t Pity the Goldfish
I know that mindfulness is an effective tool to save you, from yourself. Empowerment has nothing to do with control and everything with letting go.
Life Is a Sweet, Tender Bruise XXV
John Michael continues his series Life Is a Sweet, Tender Bruise, reflecting on life and people encountered, with a new story about, and for, his dad.