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Month: March 2025

Sprouting Isn’t The End

Published on March 3, 2025

After dancing almost nonstop for seven hours this past weekend… I looked at a friend I was with and said, “I can’t believe there used to be a time when I was too self-conscious to dance.”

The inner work I did to overcome that first hurtle of hesitation—and dance as uncaringly as I was able to on that first night (linked above)—was like a bud sprouting from the shell of its seed.

But, like the growth of any plant (and where a lot of people get inner work wrong)… sprouting isn’t the end… it’s only a beginning.

And since that sprouting, I’ve done my best to grow away from that shell of self-consciousness that was holding me back oh so tightly before… and strengthen the root and body of that flowering thought with as much uncaring dancing as I’ve been able to add to my lifestyle.

And this past weekend, it was as though I had a potent moment of realization that… damn… I think the pedals are starting to show.

P.s. ICYMI you can read the best of what I posted to MoveMe Quotes last week, here.

Learning To Unlearn

Published on March 2, 2025

They will try and plaster propaganda on the walls of your mind.

They will spray paint hate and lies and criticisms on any and all un-patrolled surfaces.

They will try and define beauty, happiness, and success in ways that always leave you coming up short… so you’ll keep spending more.

The process of unlearning is recognizing, accepting, and strategically acting in reverse of this.

It’s about taking an honest look at what’s plastered on the walls of your mind and tearing down what’s leading you astray.

It’s about turning spray paint into art and alchemizing hate, lies, and criticisms into love, truths, and clarity.

It’s about deleting all that you’ve been told is beauty, all that you’ve been brainwashed into believing will lead to happiness, and everything everyone else has told you about what will make you successful.

…And it’s about getting back to that place where your walls are blank canvas; where the art that’s being hung is uniquely your own; where beauty, happiness, and success are defined from within… from experiential learning… from inner work… from living confident and free.

P.s. Here’s the picture I took that inspired this post.

The Power of Alignment + A Full & Present Heart

Published on March 1, 2025

My sister went to Toronto last weekend for her birthday.

While there she spent most of her time exploring quaint and classy bars and restaurants.

And during her explorations, she stumbled upon a small restaurant that was semi hidden in an unbusy mall.

And something struck me as being incredibly inspirational about this restaurant as she was describing it to me.

She said the women who was running the restaurant was one of the most kind, sweet, and present women she had ever met. She wasn’t there to do a job or get tip money. She was in alignment. It was as though she had a dream and was evidently living that dream in real time.

And it brought to mind for me the person who chooses a path… and then walks that path with a full and present heart.

All too common in today’s world are people who choose a path… and then spend all of their time walking that path looking at other paths… and comparing… questioning… envying…

You’ll never feel fulfilled walking a path this way.

Which is why it’s so incredible to come across someone who is in such alignment.

You don’t need to be a CEO, multi-millionaire, silicon valley startup founder to feel fulfilled. All you need is alignment and a full, present heart. And sometimes, that looks like a small restaurant that’s semi-hidden in an unbusy mall.

…Don’t complicate it.