Reflection
Love
Running To Love
Yesterday, I was on a run near a river and actively pondering the experience of love when I had a profound realization about myself that I think is relevant for others. All my life, love has been an experience for me that has felt so utterly massive, so real, that I have run from it. I went out on my run yesterday with the intent to explore why this is the case, and I unexpectedly ran into an answer.
What is Love?
Sure, I know love. It is a feeling, right? Is it an action, too? Or is it a sequence of actions? Is it formulaic? When I read the last post on love by my associate, I am forcibly reminded that perhaps I do not know what love is it all.
The Truth
The truth. It is a fascinating concept and one that supports how many of us go through our everyday lives. There is some sort of ‘truth’ that supports our cultural values, approach to life, or how we build our business(es).
Presence
A Space-Based Approach to Leadership
Most leadership playbooks still carry old habits: control the plan, predict the future, move fast, and grow at all costs. That mindset can shrink our field of vision and crowd out people, wisdom, and the living world.
The Meaning of Freedom
This past weekend, I had occasion to visit Freedom, NH for their Old Home Week Celebration—an experience that changed my perspective on what it means to be human.
The Radical Limits of Prescriptive Approaches
There is a certain comfort in a playbook. Step one, step two, step three: a promise of order in a world that feels increasingly chaotic.
Space as Metaphor
Spaciology Field Guide: Boundaries as Compassion — How Limits Create Safety
We often think of boundaries as walls that separate, but healthy boundaries are more like cell membranes—they regulate exchange to maintain life.
Spaciology Field Guide: Active Receptivity — The Power of Practiced Stillness
Most problems aren’t solved by the first solution that appears. Our culture rewards quick responses and decisive action, but the most profound insights often emerge in the pause between stimulus and response.
Spaciology Field Guide: Accountability Over Accuracy — When Being Right Isn’t Enough
When harm happens—and it always does in human systems—our instinct is often to defend our intentions or prove we were “right.” But being technically correct while relationships fracture creates pyrrhic victories.
Time
Space as Metaphor: Beyond Output-Oriented Paradigms (Part I)
In various fields (counseling, education, business, and leadership, etc.), transformation and change are often framed as part of a metaphorical hero’s journey.
Wading at the Edges
All my life, I have essentially waded at the edges of the proverbial pools of life–a condition that does not lend itself to transformation, an idea I recently gleaned from Braiding Sweetgrass (2013) by Robin Wall Kimmerer.
Stepping Outside The Shadows Of Myself
Those two boys to my left are my sons when they were much younger and I subscribed to a much different paradigm of life, so different in fact that what I am about to write would have been unthinkable when this photo was taken.
Truth
Unstorying the Narratives of Space
What if space isn’t just where things happen—but how? Unstorying reveals how past stories shape us, and how space itself becomes transformation.
Space as Praxis: Making Room for What Matters
Explore how internal, external, and shared space can foster clarity, connection, and transformation—space as a radical act of presence and care.
Stepping Off the Train: Beyond Right and Wrong
In these divisive times, it feels somewhat comfortable to gravitate toward an existing train of thought. This train goes left, and this one right.