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Today’s podcast stems from a long conversation my wife and I had with a guest we’re hosting at our place. I found the conversation to be quite revelatory regarding happiness and the good life, so I wanted to share my takeaways here. Thanks for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

Edgar Allan Poe’s quote, “Years of love have been forgot, In the hatred of a minute” is a profound one for those who know love and emotion. I take some time today to discuss this quote and what it means to me, which I hope translates into it meaning something to you. Thanks for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

Today’s podcast starts with some context of me reaching the end of a long, but not bad, day. This context got me thinking about the last conversation I had with my wife on this day, which was full of misunderstandings and disagreement, but was very productive at the end. I discuss why it was productive, despite the negative energy around words like misunderstanding and disagreement, and how you mi...

Today’s podcast is a long conversation with a dear friend. Alex and I met in 2018 when he hosted me in Germany. Since then, we’ve met up in various places and have had a friendship with many great conversations. This episode is one of them. I hope you enjoy the wide ranging conversation we had. Thank you for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

Today’s podcast is me sharing a very personal experience as we find ourselves traversing the current state of the world. There is a heavy weight associated with the war in Israel and Palestine for me, as I’m sure it is for many of you. It’s something that has left me much more mentally fatigued and scattered than I’d prefer. I spend some time talking about that today, along with some recommendatio...

Today’s podcast is inspired by a question Gabi asked me recently. She inquired about what my biggest dream in life is right now. It was thought provoking, and I’m quite proud of how I answered her question. I hope you find my ideas here to be thought provoking and valuable in some way. As always, these thoughts are never complete, but they at least capture a decent amount of everything that I’m pr...

Today’s podcast is shared with an immensely heavy heart. The conflict between Israel and Palestine and the current war between Israel and Hamas is one of the most complex issues in our world. Although I am not an expert and admit to not discussing every detail of the situation during this episode, I wanted to register my perspective at the request of some close friends. I hope you find it to be in...

Today’s trip to the gym was a curious one. I had lots of spontaneous interactions and things I noticed which sparked a lot of reflection. I share some of those thoughts with you here, which I hope you enjoy and can connect to your own life in some way. Thanks for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

Today, I find myself in a curious yet familiar conundrum of life. It’s something that continuously resurfaces itself as a question to consider and manage, especially as an adult. I won’t say more here, but instead I will allow the episode to speak for itself. I thank you for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

Per the request of my dear friend Katie, I come to you with a detailed breakdown of what my journaling process looks like. I also spend some time sharing why it has been valuable to me and why I would recommend it to others. I hope you find value in it and perhaps consider adopting it yourself. Thanks for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

Gabi and I sit down together in this episode to reflect on our second wedding here in Brazil, which brought many experiences and learnings along with it. We had an amazing time with our family and friends, so we figured we would spend some time talking and making sense of it together. Thanks for listening! As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

These past two weeks have been incredibly special for me. My heart has been filled with love from my closest of friends and family, along with experiences a sense of awe and wonder on many occasions from the special moments I was able to experience. I share more about it all here, which is just an introduction to more episodes to come. I hope you found some value in this one. Thank you for listeni...

Today’s podcast is about how refreshing it has been to share space with some good friends in Rio. It led me to some reflections on friendship, which I bring to you in this episode. I hope you enjoy it and can take something from it. Thanks for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

Today’s podcast was a lot of fun. Gabi returned for a long conversation about what married life has been like so far. We start by talking about what she misses about the US, then talk about our life here in Brazil and what it’s like to be married. I hope you enjoy it, find some value, and perhaps get some laughs out of it. Thanks for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

Today’s podcast is a personal example of how I have taken certain views as true without much questioning, or in other words, how I bought into dogma. Although the example is fairly benign, I think it illustrates the way in which dogmas are adopted quite well. I hope you find some value in what I share here. Thanks for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

I was tasked with creating an introductory conversation prompt for my team at work recently. I came up with the following question: what is something you forget to be grateful for? The conversations we had were really interesting and produced some curious themes, which I why I decided to share them here today. I hope it sparks some meaningful reflection for you. Thanks for listening. As always, Mu...

Today’s podcast is about the road from mediocrity to greatness. It’s not a magical split. It’s often just about doing one more and making a consistent habit if small gains. The effects these gains have over time are truly astounding. I hope you find some value in this message. Thanks for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

I recently got into a conversation with a Chinese man while on a long run here in Rio. We happened to cross paths earlier and at that moment were going in the same direction at a similar pace, so we struck up a conversation. I took a lot away from the interaction, so I wanted to share some of those themes here. I hope you get something out of it, too. Thanks for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️...

Today’s podcast builds on the last one, as it focuses on another song by Russ on his new album, SANTIAGO. I found so much beauty and wisdom in what he shared in the song. I couldn’t resist spending some time talking about it here. I hope you find it to be valuable or insightful in some way. I certainly did. Thanks for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

Today’s podcast is a reflection on a song from Russ’s new album, SANTIAGO. I really appreciated the album and the song in particular, so I wanted to take some time to share it with you. He touches on some interesting themes and presents a perspective which I think give some good food for thought. Thanks for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

Today’s episode is the seventh and final of a series covering my tenth quarterly review. I start by discussing the challenge of fully embodying a growth mindset, then finish with some points on the importance of communicating well. I hope you found value in this episode and the series overall. I am grateful to you for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

Today’s episode is the sixth of a series covering my tenth quarterly review. I start by discussing the some nuances in the pursuit of aligning with the ideal self, then finish with some points on how life in general doesn’t stop for anyone or anything. There is still more to come, so I hope you stick around for the remaining episodes. Thanks for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take c...

Today’s episode is the fifth of a series covering my tenth quarterly review. I start by discussing the omnipresent possibilities of black and white thinking, then finish with some points on how we’re always inherently examples to others around us. There is still more to come, so I hope you stick around for the remaining episodes. Thanks for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

Today’s episode is the fourth of a series covering my tenth quarterly review. I start by discussing how there is always something beautiful to be observed, then finish with some points on preferring love, curiosity, and interest to ambition. There is still more to come, so I hope you stick around for the coming episodes. Thanks for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.

Today’s episode is the third of a series covering my tenth quarterly review. I start by discussing how we can make better luck for ourselves, then finish with some points on our need for space to reflect on and digest information. There is much more to come, so I hope you stick around for the coming episodes. Thanks for listening. As always, Much Love ❤️ and please take care.