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These forum posts aren’t meant to be reviews or critiques—I’m not here to analyze every frame or debate the acting choices.

What I care about most is how a film makes me feel, what it stirs inside, and what I walk away with. Maestro (2023), directed by and starring Bradley Cooper, did just that—it stayed with me in quiet, surprising ways.

There’s been a lot of mixed talk around this film, from its storyline to performances. But I was drawn to it immediately because I’m always fascinated by biopics of artists. They’re usually rich with complexity, and Maestro is no exception.

What spoke to me most was the contrast in Leonard Bernstein’s life between the solitude of the composer and the public persona of the conductor. That beautiful tension between turning inward to create and turning outward to perform—it’s something so many artists wrestle with. The film touches on this duality gently but…

February tends to center the conversation around love, but often only in its most visible form—romantic connection, adorned in sentiment and celebration. And while that version has its place, the deeper truth is that love, at its core, is a practice. It’s how we relate, how we show up, and how we grow—not just in partnership, but in how we engage with ourselves.

When entered into with presence and care, romantic relationships can become powerful sites of joy and awakening. They allow us to experience connection, tenderness, and intimacy in ways that feel expansive. But they also inevitably surface the parts of us that are still in process—the stories, fears, and reactions we might prefer to keep hidden. This is not a flaw in love. It is part of what makes love a path of transformation.

In my own journey, I’ve come to understand that what we bring to a…

I watched Marriage Story shortly after my own divorce, and it truly broke my heart. It touched something so personal in me—watching how a family, once so connected and loving, can unravel in the most painful, human way. The film shows how divorce can begin with good intentions, how both partners can still care for one another, and yet how quickly things can deteriorate under pressure, especially when outside forces begin to shape the narrative.

The depiction of the lawyers was devastating. Not villainous, just… systemic. The way the process began to shape the outcome, and how, once set in motion, it pushed them further apart—past a point of no return. It’s like watching something beautiful slip through your fingers. And it’s made even more painful by the fact that you can still see the love underneath. You know they both care. But the structure they're caught in has such momentum that…

I first read Wired for Love as part of my coaching certification program. Later, I picked it up again, and while it wasn’t a radically different experience the second time, it certainly deepened my understanding. With more knowledge and hands-on experience to draw from, the concepts felt even more grounded and applicable—not only to my personal life, but also to the work I do with clients.

This book gave me so much clarity about how I had shown up in past relationships, how those dynamics had played out, and how I could begin doing things differently moving forward. It was eye-opening in the best way. It also gave me incredibly valuable tools and insights to support the people I work with—especially couples.

In fact, Wired for Love has become a foundational text for how I work with couples. I help them create, understand, and nourish what Dr. Tatkin calls the…

Last month, we focused on community—the people who hold us, witness us, and enrich our experience of life. But just as connection is essential, there are moments when the need for solitude emerges with equal force. Times when the most honest path forward begins not with more engagement, but with a quiet turning inward.

Stillness, in its truest form, is not an absence. It is a heightened presence. It is the intentional act of reducing external input so we can finally hear ourselves clearly. Over the years, I’ve come to understand that stillness enters my life in different ways.

There are seasons when it arrives uninvited—triggered by loss, change, or rupture. Those times often feel like isolation, like life has removed the usual rhythms without asking. And yet, in those spaces, I’ve met aspects of myself I might never have encountered otherwise. Other times, I find myself longing for stillness.…

I first encountered Dr. Tara Swart through a Diary of a CEO podcast interview, and what struck me wasn’t just her presence—but her story, her clarity, her depth, and her methodology. After watching that interview, and then a few more podcasts with her, I knew I wanted to read her book.

When I finally picked up The Source, I found it to be a really thoughtful, practical, and science-based guide. It’s less about mysticism in the abstract, and more about how our brains actually work—and how we can use that understanding to bring clarity, intention, and meaningful change into our lives.

What Dr. Swart does so well is take conversations that often live in the world of spirituality or “manifestation” and explain them through neuroscience and psychology. She starts by walking us through how the brain functions—how thoughts form, how neural pathways get created, and how our brain is literally the source of…

Every year, beginning in November, I naturally start turning inward. I go back through the months slowly—no rush, no pressure—and I review my life in every one of its dimensions: personal, professional, relational, emotional, physical. I take my time. I look at what grew, what challenged me, what surprised me, and what I want to carry forward.

And then, little by little, I start clearing space for the new year.I clean out my closet. I organize my home. I reach out to friends I may have unintentionally drifted from. I prune, I release, I make room.This has become my ritual—simple, grounding, intentional.

Recently, I had an interesting conversation with one of the coaches in our community, Ahtziry García, licensed psychologist and Chinese medicine Doctor, about New Year rituals—what they mean, where they come from, and why this moment of the year holds so much energy for reflection. She spoke about the…

It’s been a few weeks since I returned from Bhutan, and I still feel as if part of me is there—somewhere between the mountains, still breathing in the beauty of that sacred land.

Bhutan felt like stepping into another dimension, a place where time slows down and everything hums with peace. I went knowing it was a Buddhist country, that it held a deep spiritual culture, but I was not prepared for the energy that met me there. It was as if I’d entered a living meditation.

Everywhere I looked, the beauty was almost too much for me to take in—the mountains, the rivers cutting through deep ravines, the forests. Even the animals, the farms, the way the light moved across the landscape—it all carried a purity that words can’t quite hold and that I hadn't ever.

But as in every place, what truly defines Bhutan is its people. The…