“The journey is my home.” – Muriel Rukeyser Back in 2000, the first few months I studied abroad in Italy, Mad Cow Disease was spreading...

Once while on a writing retreat, under the canopy of a star-studded night sky, I had a spontaneous heart to heart conversation with a...

One of the biggest, most rewarding gifts I have ever given myself was a 10-day meditation retreat.  It was a silent retreat so I wasn't...

My work as a trauma and orthopaedic surgeon means I spend long hours in the glare of fluorescent lighting, with no windows to the outside...

One instruction. Maybe two: hold on at all times. Bear down with your body weight on the brake if you need to slow down. But most...

I live in the coldest state in the lower 48. This morning I woke up and the “real feel” was -15F. It gets dark at 4:30PM. And next week...

What if, instead of a New Year’s ‘resolution,’ we made a full-hearted intention?  Resolutions don’t work because they’re based on the...

If you look at Google's search results in the US, when people Google the word "retreat" most people are actually wondering what the heck...

Creativity: the path to fulfilment When I was twenty-two and I’d just graduated college I remember sitting in front of the computer day...