Category: Stage 1: Beautiful

Every now and then, when my daughter Sophie is sad, I point into the mirror and say, “It looks...

It’s very unlikely that you got to where you are now by being completely abandoned, raised by...

Some days, you might feel like nothing’s going right and that you may as well not exist....

Whoever you are, you are actually from a long tradition of noble people. Human beings who pressed...

“No matter where you go, there you are.” Your life, as it is at the moment, involves you being...

I wonder if everyone sometimes feels like they’re not like everyone else. Belonging is such...

Apparently a child laughs on average 300 times a day, compared with an adult’s 5. As we’ve...

In a world full of more than 7 billion people, where most of us are connected digitally to...

When you look at all the things that are going on in your body and mind, it’s no wonder that...

This one could have been called You Are A Geek. Everyone has something that they love and know so...

We’ve all heard it before. Eat healthily, don’t eat bad things, too much sugar or fat or alcohol...

You are the only one of you. Nobody knows what it’s like to be you. Nobody else can feel...

Deep down, most of us want our lives to count in some way. We yearn for significance and...

One of the most basic human desires is to fit in. We want to be unique but also belong. And we...

Whether your parents are/were the kind of parents that you would want to be like or not, the fact...

You are alive right now. Everything that came before this moment has already happened. Can you...

For as long as there have been people around to think about this stuff, human beings have tried to...

An old man said to his grandson, “Boy, I have two tigers caged within me. One is love and...

You are free. If you are reading this blog, you have a degree of freedom that means that you can...

While you’re learning about how amazing you are, and how there’s almost nothing you...

You probably already noticed that I have a habit of comparing people to babies. I think sometimes...

Have you ever thought about your body? That should be a pretty silly question. In a lot of ways,...

One of the biggest hang-ups people have about themselves is what they look like. I can understand...

It’s a great relief to me that every day, you get to choose an entirely new path if you want...

Sorry, but this train terminates at Grand Central Station. You’re not going any further than...

Yes, you are a miracle, you are amazing and you are able to take charge of your actions to build...

Let me set this one thing straight. Even if your parents didn’t plan you, that doesn’t...

Believe it or not, you are actually pretty normal. Actually, normal is such a strange word, and I...

If you’ve read this far, you’re probably alive. Isn’t that amazing? You woke up...