Perfection, What’s Good, and Being Enough

Perfection, What’s Good, and Being Enough

by | Apr 1, 2020 | Blog, Learning

Aiming for perfection looks good on paper, but in practice, it can stand in the way of doing good work and the feeling that we’re enough. I have a touch of a perfection streak. Not always, but often enough to get in the way some times. When I was a carpenter, I...
Getting What I Came For

Getting What I Came For

by | Nov 19, 2019 | Blog, Embodiment, Learning, Outdoors

Amidst the go-go-go and the self-assumed pressure of perceived expectations and obligations, it is easy to forget the core questions of Who and Why. In the pursuit of “progress,” I’ve spent much of the past year inside, checking the boxes for...
Learning

Learning

by | Oct 31, 2019 | Blog, Learning, Outdoors, Paddling

Finishing up an intense weeklong Swiftwater Rescue Instructor Training with Jim Coffey, an amazing multi-ninja of whitewater, rescue, instruction, with the rare, wonderful sort of hospitality that makes you feel more welcome even in your own backyard. I feel beyond...
What is it for?

What is it for?

by | Sep 30, 2019 | Blog, Coaching, Creativity, Learning

Earlier this year, I brushed the dust off my pencil and started writing a blog, not knowing where it was going, and not needing to know either. The good thing about starting is there are no prerequisites of knowing: to start, we just start. Since then I’ve given a lot...