Welcome to the musings of an analytical mind on an inner journey. Logic led me to the path and an open heart keeps me on it.
Here you will find a collection of musings, original frameworks, practical tools, and discoveries from my journey toward AWE — Awareness, Wonder & Embodiment — my logical spin on spirituality.
Stories and musings on the journey — moments that cracked something open — witnessing perspective shifts — reminders of the daily practice life so willingly provides — serendipitous discoveries. The universal truths that need to be heard again and again.
Most of us get triggered and we are rarely happy about it. But what if triggers were not problems to eliminate — but the practice itself? A story about rejection letters, a YouTube experiment, and the unexpected gift of being triggered.
Read the full piece →The human mind craves control. We have been born and bred to believe that with control, we can avoid suffering. But what if suffering comes from the false belief of control? At a rental car counter in California, a moment of contraction becomes an unexpected lesson in how reality actually works.
Read the full piece →I spent over 400 minutes ranting about dishes in the sink. Not once did it result in the dishes being put away by anyone other than me. A story about heat, samskaras, and the framework that finally solved the problem.
Read the full piece →Most of us were trained to weigh pros and cons. What if every outcome — the promotion and the rejection, the smooth plan and the fallen-apart one — contained equal usefulness?
Read the full piece →Musings, excerpts, and reflections — including previews from the forthcoming Left Brain Spirituality. New pieces publish weekly.
Frameworks, concepts, and tools born from the intersection of analytical thinking and inner work. Timeless Truths — but through a different lens.
Most of us get triggered and we are rarely happy about it. But what if you could look at triggers through a different lens? What if you could become Trigger Happy?
Explore the framework →In any given moment, a billion factors converge to produce what is. We see one — the one closest to us, our decision — as the cause. Surprisingly, most don't recognize this for what it is: a form of magical thinking. The Billion Things Rule reveals how life really works.
Explore the framework →Most problems don't get solved. They get defended. Solution Sundays is a framework for separating the heat from the work — and finally closing the gap between a recurring irritation and an actual solution.
Explore the framework →A reframe of the classic pros and cons decision model. When non-attachment enters the equation, every outcome reveals its own form of usefulness — and the fear of the wrong choice begins to dissolve.
Explore the framework →Take a peek at what's coming in Tanisms — ideas worth sitting with, frameworks in progress, handles on the same door.
For full access to all Tanisms, join my email list.Rod Serling didn't just write science fiction. He wrote parables about the human condition — ego, fear, attachment, identity. Each episode is a spiritual teaching in disguise. This series finds the lesson hiding in the twist. Spoiler Alert — The twists in these classic episodes are revealed in this series. They are timeless, but if you don't like spoilers, watch the episode first!
"The mouse frees the lion. The small key opens the large door. Size was never the measure of anything that mattered."
Read the full piece →The Twilight Zone as spiritual teacher — one episode, one lesson, one piece at a time.
For full access to all Twilight Zone Files, join my email list.Awareness without practice is just information. AWE in Action provides the tools, exercises, and experiments that turn insight into lived experience — the bridge between knowledge and knowing.
One of the most researched practices in positive psychology. Each evening, write down three good things that happened today — and why they happened. Small or large, simple or profound. Do it for one week and notice what shifts.
Research by Martin Seligman found that people who practiced Three Good Things daily for one week reported significantly higher levels of happiness and lower levels of depression — effects that lasted up to six months.
Read the full practice →Gratitude can be practiced anywhere, anytime — and it's never too early to start. This CharacterChums™ book reminds children (and the adults who love them) that life feels richer when lived with a thankful heart. Built on VIA Character Strengths research.
Find it on Amazon →A beginner's guide to building a meditation practice — coming soon
Tools, exercises, and experiments that turn insight into lived experience.
For full access to all AWE in Action practices, join my email list.Articles, presentations, and talks on wellbeing through the lens of professional life. Written from inside a demanding career, these pieces explore the same themes as AWExpedition: awareness, resilience, and the analytical mind's path to a fuller life.
The legal profession is built on control — but internal overcontrol quietly degrades performance. This piece introduces the LET GO framework: a five-step approach to reducing the friction that consumes energy without improving outcomes.
Read in CT Lawyer →After almost thirty years of legal practice, a carefully crafted professional identity had become default armor — useful, but also a source of suffering. This piece explores witness consciousness, the Billion Things Rule, and Michael Singer's teachings applied directly to the legal profession.
Read in CT Lawyer →Lawyers are the one group where pessimism predicts success — but only at work. Martin Seligman, explanatory style, and a powerful framework for holding both realities at once.
Read in CT Lawyer →A reflection on what it means to prioritize wellbeing in a profession that too often treats it as a luxury — and an invitation to start today.
Read in CT Lawyer →Books, films, podcasts, and teachers that have shaped the journey. Shared here because we never know what will open the door, light the way or remind us to live our best.
Anthony De Mello's masterwork on waking up to reality — sharp, funny, and profoundly unsettling in the best possible way. Essential reading for the left-brain spiritual seeker.
Music that meets you in the quiet places. Part meditation, part permission slip — to slow down, to feel, to remember what matters.
A quiet, unhurried companion for the inner journey. Best listened to in the morning or during walks. Life-changing if you let it be.
The most unexpectedly profound show about leadership, kindness, and what it means to show up as your whole self. A masterclass in AWE.
Millions of people are still being told to raise their frequency and ask the universe. But what if manifestation is much simpler — and much more grounded — than that? The science and philosophy behind what you are actually manifesting and how that actually moves the needle.
The Law of Attraction accidentally discovered something real about the human mind. Positive psychology gave it a name — and, more importantly, the understanding of why it worked. This series is about the mechanism.
Read the introduction →The foundation of everything. Mindfulness research, ACT therapy, and cognitive behavioral frameworks all point to the same truth: you cannot change what you cannot see.
Coming soon →Bandura's self-efficacy research in one elegant truth: the belief that your actions matter changes what actions you take. Agency isn't given — it's cultivated.
Coming soon →ACT therapy, psychological flexibility research, and the teachings of Michael Singer all arrive at the same destination: surrender is not defeat. It is the condition for everything else. Acceptance is not the last law — it is the one that makes all the others possible.
Coming soon →More laws. More science. More of what manifestation actually is — and isn't.
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