I often get my best insights out on the trails, and this week it was the trail itself that became the teacher. As I was climbing a steep hill, huffing and puffing my way to the top, I noticed something I had seen many times before but never really stopped to consider. Certain sections of the trail had been intentionally blocked off with fallen branches and sharp sticks. The Forest Service had carefully placed them there so people — yes, us humans — couldn’t cut the switchback

At first, I thought I misheard her. My massage therapist, who also happens to be incredibly intuitive, looked at me and said, "Do nothing. I actually laughed. Do nothing is not exactly a phrase that comes naturally to me, and my guess is that many of you can relate. Doing is a way of being in our culture. We move from one task to another, one meeting to the next, one responsibility to another. We fill the spaces in between with emails, texts, podcasts, social media, and endle

Before you read below, take a breath and a pause…I would love to hear from you! How are you doing? Most people think their North Star is a goal. Success. Getting married. Having kids. Building a business. Writing the book. Buying the house. Finally arriving at some future destination where they believe they will feel fulfilled, peaceful, or enough. We mix the North Star that guides us with our goals. I understand that because I spent years chasing goals myself. Much of my li