Interviewed on PeakYourMind: How to Start Something that Matters 7 Aug 2013 | 01:32 am

My amazing friend Martin Sosa runs a site called PeakYourMind, discussing positive psychology and ways to create a life you love. He interviewed me about how to make a difference. We had a lot of fun...

Instead of the Nonprofit Lone Ranger 16 Jul 2013 | 01:57 am

When nonprofits come to mind, the story follows a similar arc. One lone ranger sees a problem, has the courage to try to fix it, tells her story and rallies whoever will listen to get behind her visio...

Summer Reading 15 Jul 2013 | 09:20 pm

Here’s my book list for this summer: The Big Truck that Went By: How the World Came to Save Haiti and Left Behind a Disaster 33 Strategies of War Seneca: Letters from a Stoic Bird by Bird To Repa...

Letting Them Down 9 Jul 2013 | 12:37 am

When someone you respect tells you not to let them down, it means something. When they look you in the eye and tell you not to waste your opportunity, it makes you look at everything with fresh eyes....

What are you made of? 9 Jul 2013 | 12:27 am

We need to find situations that stretch us, the places where things get tough. Just to see how far we can push it. When you are faced with the decision to push through or give up. When you are right...

Wow – What a Ride! 9 Jul 2013 | 12:22 am

Skateboarding down a steep grass ravine. Playing chicken with the boys outside the warehouse of my dad’s surf company. Tying a rope onto a moving car and holding on tight wearing Barbie roller blades....

Lost in a Sea of Round 9 Jul 2013 | 12:17 am

It happened once when you were little. The other kids noticed all the jagged edges. They made fun of how rough you looked and how your edges poked and jutted out at awkward angles. You looked down at ...

Haiti 2013 8 Jul 2013 | 03:43 am

Shelene Bryan wants us to get uncomfortable, and I love her for it. 10 Jun 2013 | 01:32 am

I LOVE this. So much. “We are overfed and unconcerned.” When was the last time you did anything that made you uncomfortable?” “I’m not concerned that anyone in this room is gonna fail at anything… My ...

Caring. 9 May 2013 | 12:39 am

It’s my greatest strength; my biggest weakness. It defines me. I care. I care about patients long after we meet. Especially the ones who I couldn’t help. I care about big issues, ones I know I can’t...