A Follow-Up to the Now-Viral Article About the Effects of Victimhood in Recovering from Trauma — Here are some of the things I wish I said in the original article: Everyone Has Trauma and Mine Is No Different Than Yours I don’t think anyone escapes childhood without trauma. I mean that technically. I don’t think you become your own person until you’re aware that something can hurt you. For many people, the first taste of trauma…

I am a person whose life was saved by psychedelics—and yet, for these reasons, I am unable to recommend them to you. — I find myself in the unenviable position of being both a person whose life was saved by psychedelics and being unable to recommend them to you. Psychedelics have gone mainstream. And, so, not recommending them has become a contrarian viewpoint, one that draws the ire and, sometimes, outright vitriol of…

I Interviewed My Mentor for 8+ Hours and Distilled the 5 Best Ideas for Growing a Business, Finding Balance, and Dealing with Disaster — I was living in an unfinished storage room in the back of my business when I met Marshall Hayes. I was losing money every month, getting divorced, deeply depressed, fifty-pounds overweight, and drinking…a lot. Today, I’m sober. I’m in the best shape of my life. I’m financially independent, traveling the…

But It’s Probably Not For Any of the Reasons You Might Think — Do women really prefer guys with big muscles? Most women will say no. Then, date guys who are jacked. It’s not because they’re lying. It’s that men don’t understand what women are really after... It’s not exactly that women prefer men who are physically fit. It’s that being physically fit…

If You Own a Retail or Service Business and You’re Not Pushing Gift Cards, You’re Leaving a Lot of Money on the Table — Here Are the Sales Number Generated from One Email in Just 4 Days Over the past for years, I’ve generated over $250,000 in Gift Card Sales for my business. About 80% of that happens between Thanksgiving and New Years. And the majority of that results from the very first email I send.

But if you choose to go, here’s some advice from Dr. Nicole LePera, The Holistic Psych, on how to stay safe and healthy. — I’ve built my own Thanksgiving tradition. I wake up around 6 or 7 AM and dunk myself in a frozen river until I can’t feel my fingers or toes. It may sound like torture but it’s far less painful than going home. I don’t think I’m alone in this. I…

The “Sunday Scaries” Are Yet Another Symptom of the Meaning Crisis at Work — Me: What’s up with you? You seem off… Her: Oh, don’t worry about it. It’s just the Sunday Scaries. Me: The what…? Her: The Sunday Scaries. I’m just having an existential crisis about going back to work. What Is Sunday Depression? One survey found more than 80% ‘became progressively more anxious as their restful…

How to Break Free From Financial “Flight Mode”, Face Your Finances, and Permanently Reduce Financial Stress — 32% of Americans say money is their biggest source of stress. That’s 3x more than work and 6x more than the pandemic. But what are we so worried about? It’s just money, after all. And money doesn’t matter, right? Wrong. When it comes to stress and anxiety, money matters a…

But If You Do, Here Are 7 Principles for Building a Relationship with Someone with PTSD — Any time a friend tells me they’re dating a Veteran, I give them very simple advice: Don’t. Why? Sky-high domestic violence rates. Alcoholism is rampant. Emotionally unavailable. Trouble forming healthy attachments… I could go on. The ugly truth is that many Veterans aren’t ready for relationships. Why? Short answer: PTSD.