I heard an interview this week with a neurosurgeon which reinforced one of my deepest held strategies both personally and in my work with coaching clients. 

In it, Dr. Gupta shared that making sure you prioritize pleasure and savoring in your life isn't a “waste of time” but is actually rewiring your brain and countering pain in ways that strengthen with practice. 
 
In short: micro-dosing joy makes us more resilient. 

It gives us energy both to do our best work and inhabit our lives more fully. 

There is plenty of pain to feel in our collective human life right now, to say nothing of the losses of other species and the personal pains (emotional or physical) which come for all of us.

As I reflect on this past year, arguably the most difficult of my life, I’m surprised to notice that I’m feeling a lot of hope as we lean toward fall.

I am so happy to share that I am launching a podcast in a few weeks called 'Inner Ecology,' on the intersection of personal and planetary flourishing. (Click here to listen to the trailer.)

It has been a labor of love, something I've been working on behind the scenes for a few years and I'm releasing it now in honor of Hurricane Helene survivors as we approach the first year anniversary and as a fundraiser for two water-based nonprofits. 

In each episode I focus on a resiliency resource: breathwork, narrative change, cold-plunging, relationship health, financial rootedness and more!