The unexpected lessons and reminders that traveling to the Arctic highlighted. It is a personal perception, the kind of introspection that I think is good to re-calibrate with from time to time. It’s start with lesson 1: Do it scared, otherwise you’ll miss out. The four other lessons might surprise you.

Have you ever dreamed of exploring the Arctic? This adventure was with Quark Expeditions, an environmentally responsible tourism company that hosts trips in the polar regions in their spectacular small ships designed specifically for those regions. My trip specific was the ‘Arctic Saga: Exploring Spitsbergen via the Faroes and Jan Mayen’ aboard the Ultramarine.

We live at the upper limits of our financial means, stress levels, disconnectedness, and ability to mistreat our own bodies. What happens when we live this way? We can’t catch a break. Let’s change that. We’re going to build buffers and start living that the limits that set us free - let’s start with finances.

Radical Reduction™ is a narrowing of focus to the fundamentals. You catapult yourself into action to deal with an immediate need. It’s a surge, but instead of doing more, you do less. And as mentioned, you do less, better. Radical Reduction™ is a complete overhaul that includes finances, health, social, environment, and knowledge in times of immediate need.

We live at the upper limits of our financial means, stress levels, disconnectedness, and ability to mistreat our own bodies. What happens when we live this way? We can’t catch a break. Let’s change that. We’re going to build buffers and start living that the limits that set us free - at the edge of our comfort zone, optimal health, fitness potential, investment capacity, intellectual curiousity, skill sets, and connectedness. I’m going to go first.

Some of you thought it was bananas, others thought it was impressive, and a few of you used it as motivation. As the Black Friday deals are starting to pop up and Christmas music plays in every store, it’s easy to get caught up in the buying spirit. In this article I share the two biggest questions before I purchase anything and 3 rules you can adopt (or adapt) to support living that big life.

There are no hacks to get us to our goals quickly. The old fable was right, it is the turtle, not the hare, that wins at life. But what if you want all the freedom? In this article, explore three questions, three moves, that support living a big life.

What would you do if you lost your job? Would you panic? Yell? Cry? Blame? Would you have the means to hold you over until the next job could be secured? If not, would you be able to take enough action and leverage your skills/passion/community to turn things around quickly? In 6 days after being cut, I secured both my immediate and long term future - here’s how.

Ever look up at yourself in the mirror and ask “how did I get here?” Sometimes in awe, sometimes in curiousity, sometimes in exasperation. It’s normal. Living a big life includes the full range of what it means to be human with all its guts and glory - having a list, like this 101 Ways to Live a Big Life, can serve as a reminder that your going in the right direction or a nudge to re-adjust headings

How you can do less, better in the Eight Dimensions of Wellness that includes vocational (business). If you asked me what was the best decision I made in 2022, I would tell you that it was to start creating pockets space by doing less better. Space that allowed me to rest, embrace boredom, get creative, connect with friends, and deal with the unexpected with relative ease.

In a split second realization set in and it became painfully clear. There were four of us, multiple wounded, no medics, help was hours away, and all we had was a satellite phone with crappy reception and my handy backpack of extras. This was a mass casualty incident.

Before there was time to register that this was dangerous, before I had the chance to say no, or to duck in and put on a seat belt - we reached the bottom of the hill, while going full speed and hit a tank ditch.


Ok, Outward Bound Canada Veterans Program. Get me the f&*k out of here. Now. Those were my thoughts by the first night, and the second, and the third for that matter. (…) This just might possibly be just the BEST medicine and biggest lesson I’ve taken in a long, looooong time.

After congratulating a row of young men, the surprised old airborne veteran looked at the commanding officer and asked; “are you sure?” before pinning those wings on my chest. To this day I have no idea if he was serious or being cheeky. I’m hoping cheeky.

It’s not like you’re either born resilient or you’re not, resiliency can be developed. Here are 8 ways to grow and resources.