Designing Your Best Life: An Interview with Pernille and Sine Maria Spiers-Lopez

Pernille Spiers-Lopez is a coach, mentor, public figure, and author. She previously served as the President and CEO of IKEA North America, as well as Global Chief HR Manager for IKEA. Pernille…

Do you want to live forever?

Do you want to live forever? In today’s youth obsessed culture, there is big value placed on staying young. But how young and for how long? For most of us, adulthood has been a ride of highs and lows. There have been amazing years, tough years and some we’d like to erase and…

TRATO: Living In Unity With The Ocean

AS MY FATHER USED TO SAY, fighting against injustice is a victory in itself. These words made a lasting impression on me and became increasingly louder after his passing in 2009. Growing up in Southern California and cultivating a spiritual relationship with the…

Managing Fear Using Martial Arts

Fear is a most pernicious thing. As an emotion, it is capable of submerging us so completely that we can no longer even recognize how it rules our every moment.

There are the primal fears, of course, such as concern over one’s physical safety…

3 Tests for Finding Your Authentic Self

“Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.” ~Aristotle

Authenticity is all the rage. Be you, be true, and be cool, they say. But how? It’s not as easy as it sounds. As Ralph Waldo Emerson said, “To be yourself in a world that…

Learning From A Legend: Reflections On Muhammad Ali

Muhammad Ali began his training in 1954, at the tender age of 12, and retired in December of 1981. He stood up to many more challenges outside the ring than inside the ring. In truth he was a fighter in both arenas, up until the day he died.