My wife and I just got back from a 20-day trip to Italy and Spain. Sounds romantic, right? Wine, sunsets, pasta, all that jazz. But it wasn’t a vacation—it was a homecoming. Not for us, technically, but for the international students who lived with us over the past 7...
What’s it like being raised in my house? Picture six kids. One creative dad. One strong, brilliant, unshakeable mother. Add a bit of emotional volatility, inappropriate humour, big dreams, late-night deep talks, and the occasional impromptu living room dance...
A brutally honest reflection on creativity and mental health I’ve never cut off my ear and mailed it to someone, but I’ve definitely been two skipped meals and a deadline away from understanding why Van Gogh did. There’s this long-held belief—romantic, disturbing, and...
Running a business used to mean rowing harder than everyone else. Head down. Calloused hands. Speed over direction. But that era’s dead, and good riddance. Because leadership today? It’s not about rowing the boat. It’s about reading the sky. It’s about plotting the...
You never really know you’re an overthinker until someone else comes along and points it out—or in my case, sits across the kitchen island and quietly mirrors back your own tangled thoughts. I’d spent most of my life chalking it up to curiosity, calling it “being...
