This week I had four private conversations with hard charging, world changing leaders. These are men and women who move markets, influence industries, and sit in rooms most people will…

These bodies we live in are remarkable, but they are not indestructible. We sometimes talk about ourselves as if we were forged from cast iron. Hammered on an anvil. Tempered…

 As my wife and I prepared for a day trek through the villages, six Black Hmong women quietly greeted our group and asked our guide if they could accompany us.…

Warning: Today’s post is direct, difficult, and vitally important.My wife and I are in Cambodia. Over the past weeks traveling through Southeast Asia, we have been surrounded by beauty, kindness,…

Every year, in the middle of January, my wife and I escape the cold and go on an adventure.After a lifetime of hyper-responsive adulting — raising five children, Sherpa children,…

Several years ago, Governor Cox and I sat down for a long, honest, deeply human conversation about the value of life.He shared some of the turbulent emotions he carried as…

We are spiritual beings on a physical journey, not physical beings on a spiritual journey.It is easy to get trapped in the mortal experience, searching and striving to understand why…

So much of our lives are filled with masks and armor.We cover our bodies with clothes, but we also cover our emotions, instincts, and natural desires with thick-plated layers of…

What do you get when you take a family of Christians, a family of Tibetan Buddhists, stretch them across 7,874 miles, and separate them by 12 hours and 45 minutes?You…

​The turn of a new year invites reflection and renewal. As many of you know, the last two to three years have been a kind of wandering in the wilderness…