ALL EPISODES

What in life deserves our time and attention, and what things don't? I hope that as we consider that question, along with other topics...

I love the old Shaker song, Simple Gifts. I don't entirely know why the idea of being simple resonates so much, but I thought it might be an idea worth exploring. Maybe it's a gift to be simple. Because if you can be satisfied while living simply, then you've found contentment. Speaking as a person that feels they have a complicated life, the very idea sounds like relief from the hustle and bustle of the day.

I don't like the word vulnerability. To me, it strikes a tone of weakness. I think I understand what people are getting at when they say that we need to be vulnerable. The problem with vulnerability is that the word actually means that you are susceptible in some way to an attack from someone or something.

Sometimes things happen to us that are so terrible, that in a moment, everything in our world changes. There may be well-wishers and concerned friends and family, but as time moves forward, things will slip back into their normal pattern while you are left standing still. When you lose someone in your life that you loved.

.When I was younger, I used to watch a popular Japanese anime movie called "Spirited Away." I'm not generally a fan of that genre, but this particular film is a standout for me. It's steeped in Japanese cultural references from the past and has themes of childhood, modernization, gluttony, and more. The artwork alone is really quite striking.

My kids like to tell me what they can't do a lot. And sometimes it's trying a new food or doing some little thing that they're afraid of. As a parent, it can get frustrating when you know how easy it would be for them if they'd just do it. Usually when my kids are with me, I'll let them have a small dessert, like a little popsicle or something, if I can tell that they've made an effort to eat their food.

As I've gotten a little older, I've begun to notice all the small signs of aging beginning to show. I see the faint wrinkles starting to form and the rough skin that has seen way too much sun. When I began to notice these imperfections, I think it bothered me at first because I wasn't ready to accept that I was becoming middle aged.

In spite of what it may seem like sometimes, the cost of food for the average person, relative to the last several thousand years, has never been more affordable than it is now. Farming has become such an incredible science that our crop yields have never been higher. And we only seem to be getting better

I really dislike the word should. It's this incredible word that we use to describe not what a person is going to do, but what they are...

If you ever want a good conversation starter. Ask a person what their dream home would be like. You could ask them where the...

I hate the sensation of falling. I've never gone skydiving, and I have absolutely no interest in trying it. When I was young...

In my line of work, people hire us to find things underground. And that being said, we come into contact with a lot of people...

I watched a video on YouTube the other day, on Andrew Huberman's channel, that suggested that if you can convince yourself that...

There have been a few times in my life where I found myself briefly thinking or believing something that upon further reflection...

In the movie Shrek, Shrek tries to explain to Donkey a little about ogres. He says, Ogres are like onions. They have layers...

We will never be perfect, but we can easily be good. You can waste your days chasing perfection, only to see it always out of reach, or you can shoot for good. My ex-wife used to say something that I actually liked. She would say, it only needs to be a 90 percent job. I like that, because getting to 90 percent is pretty darn good, and it's really the last 10 percent There's something I heard on another podcast.

When you die, your name has a shelf life. For some, it's going to be a lot longer than for others. It could be thousands of years before...

To a lesser or greater extent, we all get fixated on things to such a degree that those things can hurt us in the end. Sometimes we're...

My life has benefited incredibly from the practice of journaling. I have found that our mind can only hold so much information at once...

When I was younger and endlessly ambitious, I had grand visions of my future. I used to dream of giant elephants. I imagined the...