Your Fellow Human

What’s the scariest thing you have ever let go of?

Today I want to introduce you to Pedro, someone who does not measure self worth by what one accomplishes, but rather by who it is that you value yourself to be 

Pedro is someone that has chosen to change, learn and grow into someone that values sharing who he is, what he has, and what he’s learned with those around him

We chat about what it means to learn somethin...

When was the last time you called your friends?

Today I want to introduce you to Matt, Matt is the kind of human that will smile and laugh with his friends, the kind that will call them to tell them they matter to him, the kind that knows just how important it is to feel fully and live this life we have been given 

Matt is many things in this world, one who intentionally seeks to improve on who he is and what he gets...

What makes someone worth getting to know?

Today I want to introduce you do Jorge, a human worth knowing, one who sees, values, and moves towards another with a heart to make them feel seen

I had the privilege of meeting Jorge at an event in NYC a few weeks ago, and as luck would have it, he agreed to sit down with me. We had chatted briefly that day, and I could tell there was something about how he chooses to show u...

If you could help someone, if it cost you something, your time or energy; would you do it?

Today I want to introduce you to Sam, Sam is a human who is filled with an ability to help, be it his knowledge and skill as a creative, his athleticism and drive as an adventure athlete, or his practical and life saving skills as a doctor. But all that aside, Sam is one that has value beyond what any skill can offer…

Sam is on...

What if you weren’t worried about being enough for someone else? What if you lived fully as who you were meant to be?

Today I want to introduce you to Becca, I met Becca on a creator trip I hosted last year, and her joining for another one here in Bolivia was something truly special 

I believe we meet people for a reason, but I also believe we don’t always meet people as our best selves; but who we are is always pres...

What if we were allowed to be imperfect and to change?

Today I want to introduce you to Mariale, I had the pleasure of meeting this sweet girl on a day in Lima Peru, if you listened to last weeks episode than you heard a bit of Alex as well, these two welcomed me into their lives for the day as if we were old friends reuniting

She is someone who holds to a gentle spirit, one who values the joy of each day, and one wh...

What would it look like to make someone proud?

Today I want to introduce you to Alex, Alex is one of the friends that I’ve met and instantly felt like we were old friends catching up. I had the pleasure of sharing a day with him and his girlfriend and am truly honored to be able to share a little of this amazing human with you all today 

We chat about how skateboarding led him to filmmaking, how meeting people is the...

Do you think we should be happy with where we are in life or do you feel like it’s healthy to “never be ok with where we are”?

Today I want to introduce you to Dylan, Dylan and I met compliments of an event in NYC, if you remember me sharing about the group of us that hung out that night, and maybe even recognize him from a recent portrait set I shared (from his birthday)

Dylan is the kind of human that will ask how ...

An open letter to the president

A lot has happened in the short weeks since you took office, I won't say I speak for all of the American people in this, but I believe we have a right to know how you would answer this question; what is it that defines an American to you? 

I do my very best to not discuss politics online as I find it detracts from what matters most in life, the chance to connect, value, and show love to anothe...

Have you ever had someone cheer you on?

Today I want to introduce you to Thuy, a cheerleader for anyone she meets, a kind and giving human, a sister, a daughter, and a giver of love to anyone she can 

Thuy and I chat about the way religion and nature are one and the same, what hallmark movies and whales have in common, and a change that’s coming 

She shares how she believes that the universe isn’t against us, the ...

Today I want to introduce you to Victor 

Victor is a world class diver, photographer, and friend. He is one that will gently and patiently be present for those around him, one that has a sense of humor worth every peso he has won in the lottery and then some, and one that I believe honestly communicates and believes the reality that each of us have the ability to both be filled with love and yet live moments where we may be...

I got robbed on Saturday night, my camera gear, my dive gear, my podcast equipment, my toothbrush like everything 

As a creator these are things I need to make a living, things I need to do my job, there were projects on my laptop, client work, things I can’t ever get back 

There were personal things, rings I’ve collected from my travels around the world, gifts from friends

Dive gear that was needed to shoot for a...

What would it look like for you to help someone just a little? To give someone not ALL of what you had, but just, some?

Today I want to introduce you to Chase, someone who I would consider a connector of humans. The kind of human that when he meets someone seeks to share his network with, bring into his world, and I believe, uniquely inspire them to pursue whatever it is they dream about.

Chase is one in a million, b...

What does it take to make you happy?

Can you think of the last time you felt a sense of contentment or that you viewed your life with a sense of appreciation simply from watching the sunrise?

Today I want to introduce you to Marco, Marco is just such a person. As a photographer and lover of times in nature, Marco is one that truly takes each moment for the joy it holds.

I met Marco a few years ago in Mexico and on...

Do you feel like art holds value in your life?

Today I want to introduce you to Lexi, Lexi is an artist, and as much as I often say that we are not merely defined by “what we do” there is something in the heart of an artist, something in the way they see the world, in the way they see humanity, and they way the allow their own emotions to take form in what they create. In so many ways being an artist is a term that actu...

Today's episode I wanted to focus on Joy, after all, this episode goes live on Christmas Day.

But I didn't want to share what I think of it, or even what one other person thinks about it, so I've compiled what joy feels like from some of my guests on the podcast over the past almost 4 years! 

So tune in today and find out, when the last time the world felt joy was

and, merry Christmas to those of you that celebrate it.