#453 – How do your well-intentioned suggestions impact people?I'm tired of myself––well, of my Ego. Always meddling, suggesting, "helping." The truth is, it wants to be in charge because, in its exhausting arrogance, it believes its way is the O...

#452 –Where's your line between perfection and commitment?Committing to your talents is one thing. Becoming precious and perfectionist about them is another. Where the former tends to your True Self, the latter marches at your Ego’s command.The last...

#451 – What are you telling yourself when you justify your actions?Every time you explain your reasons to act, think, or be a certain way, you're telling yourself you're being tested––judged, assessed. That at any time you could be kicked out.Th...

#450 – But how do you actually de-trigger your Ego?If there's one thing your Ego and mine love, it's to be triggered. That means it gets at the helm and fulfill its dream of being in charge.But while being triggered may feel empowering and energizing...

#449 – What can you solve by restricting?One thing is to abstain from engaging in the compulsive behavior that harms you. A different thing is to restrict and shrink, to make your life smaller so that (what you identify as) your problems shrink away....

#448 – What's so fulfilling about challenging tasks?Challenging tasks feel fulfilling, not because they’re hard, but because they give us what we crave: choice, growth, and connection.Yesterday, in my morning pages, I wondered why my current AI job f...

#447 – You triggered my Ego, now what?Getting "triggered" happens to everyone: our fear-driven Egos want to get in charge whenever they feel threatened.It's normal, but that doesn't mean it's inevitable. You're in charge, and here are the three steps...

#446 – What about your freedom triggers my Ego?On a recent Zoom meeting, someone wrote in the chat that they felt “triggered” by another person's pronouns.What can be triggering about a person’s choice to display the pronouns they want for thems...

#445 – How does your Ego profiteer from your envy?You know envy is a feeling you'd rather not have. Yet, now and then, when you think of your friends' children's profitable careers or their family vacation in Japan, little red horns grow in your mind...

#444 – How can you tell you’re not shrinking from your potential?Fulfilling your potential isn't about money, cars, designer handbags or luxury condos. It's about aliveness.Are you alive or sleep-walking through your life?In Bullshit jobs: A The...