I have an entrepreneur friend who has dedicated a significant amount of time to making the world a better place by helping people to make easy, healthier, food and beverage choices. He's done this once, twice, three times, and the next two idea

What are you tied to?

Feb 25th, 2019 3m 43s

This question was inspired by a stranger I met at a sound healing event who had an interesting perspective on "home." He made a comment that all of us are simply tolerant of our home country, and how those of us who have seen other places are a

Are you making your issue someone else’s problem?

Feb 23rd, 2019 51s

This question was inspired by a conversation last week about relationships. And there isn't much of a story behind this one. I appreciate this question as a good reminder. And it gets me thinking... when we find ourselves in a moment of frustra

What are these other people thinking?

Feb 22nd, 2019 2m 6s

This question was inspired by a story a friend shared about a 10-day silent meditation he went to where aside from no talking, "silent" also meant no reading, no writing, no stimuli. With all this alone time (in the midst of other people) one o

How much do your feelings (actually) matter?

Feb 21st, 2019 1m 24s

This question was inspired by a conversation with a friend who was arguing that, actually, our feelings don't matter. And to be clear, this is when we're feeling like an "impostor" -- when we feel like we're "not good enough" -- when we're not

Do you give others the benefit of the doubt?

Feb 20th, 2019 2m 29s

This question was inspired by a conversation with a friend who doesn't hear very well. There's no way you could tell just by looking at him. He's not exactly at an age where one would think hearing loss is such a big deal. Turns out -- it's bee

What influences the way you organize your thoughts?

Feb 19th, 2019 2m 48s

Inspired a conversation with a friend yesterday around the difference between sentences construction in Chinese and in English. Think of Chinese sentences like bamboo, or blocks, or... LEGO :) and then think about English sentences more of a co

Why are you so afraid of rejection?

Feb 18th, 2019 2m 17s

Inspired by all this extra thinking about relationships this week. One of the biggest things that you, me, most of us fear is getting rejected. "What if they say no? What if they don't like us? Enjoy us? Appreciate us? Want us? Desire us...?" B

理解 — How do you understand others?

Feb 17th, 2019 2m 12s

Inspired (again) by the group conversation game from the other day. One person, instead of writing a question, simply wrote this one word "理解“ (Li3 jie3) which is one of the words (In Chinese) that means "to understand." They admitted that when

What do we have positive / negative selective memory for? And when?

Feb 16th, 2019 1m 7s

Inspired by a couple conversations over the past couple days. "Relationships" are the first thing that come to my mind. But I wonder... what else do you positively or negatively select memories for? And when does that typically happen? What els

Just because you understand something more, does that mean you think it’s any less beautiful?

Feb 15th, 2019 3m 39s

Inspired by a group conversation game I was a part of — where everyone in the group came up with a question and then each person would choose from the “deck of questions.” I was struck by one woman who seemed to think she had unwavering feeling

What unreasonable boundaries are you setting for yourself?

Feb 14th, 2019 2m 4s

This question was inspired by a conversation with a friend. And still rolling on the big takeaway that I have from the way Tiffany Haddish shares about the stuff that matters. When we say things like... I shouldn't say this... OR I shouldn't do

What if you just said something OUTLOUD, really loud, and kept saying it OVER and OVER (and over)?

Feb 13th, 2019 2m 27s

This question was inspired by Tiffany Haddish and all the YouTube videos I watched with her interviews on all the late night TV shows. She wrote down what mattered to her (aka her goals) and then started to share them, loud and proud. Not once.

What if you write the wrong thing a few times?

Feb 12th, 2019 2m 11s

This question was inspired by a YouTube ad for Dan Brown’s Master Class. Why not write the wrong thing a few times? Do we ever really get things right the first time? How right do we get later if we’re willing to be wrong first?

What transition are you in the middle of?

Feb 11th, 2019 2m 53s

What transition are you in the middle of?This question was inspired by a yoga class I took yesterday. What happens if we choose to focus on the transition, rather than the starting point or the destination? And beyond simply being "present" th

Oh that’s not guaranteed... then why bother?

Feb 10th, 2019 2m 9s

This question was inspired by a conversation about relationships last night. What things do you do because it’s a guaranteed? What things do you miss out on because they’re not?

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