Martial arts is full of apparent contradictions: learn how to fight (but do your best to never get into a fight); park the ego at the door (but be confident enough to face an opponent); and try not to fall (but let's practice falling with gusto). Watching Dana and Colleen in the actual dojo is ...

Imagine the scene in Random Adventure Movie: Our intrepid heroine/hero is on a plane flying over the tundra / dense forest / desert / jungle. Something happens to the pilot and suddenly our Intrepid Adventurer has no choice! They have to fly the plane! We are at the edge of our seats: will they m...

  My friend got me an elephant for my room.I said thanks. They said, “Don’t mention it.” Ba-dum-tss. 🥁But it's accurate, right? The thing we absolutely should mention is the thing that we absolutely don’t mention, because naming the thing can feel scary. Naming the thing kicks up feelings. Naming...

Caterpillar soup...🐛🦋 We've talked about this before, right? The whole caterpillar-turning-into-a-butterfly thing? And how most of us (including yours truly) thought that somehow caterpillars tucked themself all nice 'n' snug into a chrysalis (or cocoon - we're not judging) and then sort of...I d...

There are 2 types of people in the world: people who instinctively like being in control and...ok, there's 1 type of person in the world.  Joking! Also, not at all joking. 🤪 The world, after all, is a place where things can change in a heartbeat, and when we're kids, that can be fun and exciting,...