daffodils

Daffodils fuel good trouble. What the heck does this mean? Well, 2026 is… interesting. Midlife realities paired with very real-life…

fake vs real

Imagine the JAWS music in your head.Duh-nuh…duh-nuh….duh-nuh…dun-nuh. That movie terrified me as a kid. I was afraid to swim in…

As a kid, my grandfather and I would adventure to different places in Southern California. From the tide pools at…

real work doesn’t have a paycheck. real work is done at all hours, on any day. real work doesn’t have…

C.R.E.A.M. by the Wu-Tang Clan If you know what it stands for, you can probably still hear Method Man’s gravelly…

Tokyo, Asakusa, Japan. 00:01 2026 A New Year! Less overthinking, more action. Less comfort, more joy. Less waiting, more moving.…

I am fearful of the blank page because I judge myself for what I put down. Whether it is a…

leaves crunching under foot the breeze whistling around the trunks of trees squirrels scampering chipmunks hiding a woodpecker searching for…

I am sitting quietly on my couch downstairs listening to kids play outside. I am being a bum at the…

I’ve come to realize how much baggage I’ve been carrying by running Empathy Lab as a company and brand over…