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09/13/2026

“… breaking repeatedly.”

09/05/2026

Your sign to go for a walk today ⬆️🚶🏽‍♀️

Movement is a direct stimulus for your mitochondria (the energy factories inside your cells) that power everything from mood to metabolism.

Walking increases PGC-1α, a master regulator of mitochondrial biogenesis. That means more, healthier mitochondria to fuel your brain and buffer stress. It also elevates serotonin, norepinephrine, and BDNF (brain-derived neurotrophic factor), all of which support neuroplasticity, resilience, and emotional regulation.

At the same time, movement decreases cortisol, the body’s main stress hormone, by modulating the HPA (hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal) axis.

Your brain evolved for movement.
It solves problems best not in stillness, but in motion.

Start walking. It’s one of the most powerful forms of medicine we have.

08/31/2026

One of my favorite rules for travel, and life, is what I call the Rule of 12.

When Tana and I travel, we expect things to go wrong, whether that’s a delayed flight, a reservation mix-up, or plans changing along the way.

Instead of letting the first inconvenience hijack our mood, we don’t allow ourselves to get upset until 12 things have gone wrong.

Why? Because your brain is always looking for what’s wrong. If you let one frustrating moment take over, it can quickly become the story of your entire day.

The Rule of 12 helps us stay flexible, laugh more, and keep our attention on what’s actually going right.

As we head home from a wonderful time in Jackson Hole, that’s the reminder I’m taking with me: protect your brain, protect your peace, and don’t let small things steal big memories. ❤️

08/25/2026

Some days you wake up, and your mood has other plans for you. It happens to literally everyone. Sunday reset thought heading into the week. 🧭

Here's an underrated skill worth building. Learning to stick to the plan even when your mood is voting against it. Motivation is unreliable by nature. It shows up when it feels like it and disappears the second something feels hard or boring. If you only act when you feel like it, you end up living reactively to whatever mood happens to show up that day.

Your mind can absolutely act independently of how it feels in the moment. That's not forcing yourself through everything regardless of cost. It's recognizing that feelings are information, not instructions, and that most days, the plan was made by a version of you thinking more clearly than the version currently negotiating with the couch.

The people who build consistent lives usually aren't the most motivated ones. They're the ones who learned to move even when motivation didn't show up that day.

This week, when your mood tries to talk you out of the plan, follow the plan anyway. See what happens.

Send this to someone who needs the reminder that feelings aren't instructions.

08/25/2026

Love this.

When did you realize this was true?

01/19/2026

Love this!