You think you’re keeping the peace. You’re not. You’re just keeping yourself small. You bite your tongue. You swallow the words you want to say. You tell yourself you’re being the “bigger man.” But you’re not calm. You’re scared. Scared she’ll blow up. Scared you’ll be the bad guy. Scared she won’t love you if you actually speak your mind. And every time you stay quiet, you lose a little more of yourself. Here’s what it looks like: You nod and say “sure” when your gut says no. You let shit slide until you’re boiling inside. You call it being easy-going, but really you’re checked out. Your partner feels it. Your kids feel it. You feel it. And then one day it all spills out, rage, resentment, every word you swallowed for years, and it blows everything up. You think you’re avoiding conflict. But really, you’re avoiding life. Here’s what you do instead: Start saying what you actually think. Even if your voice shakes. Even if it’s awkward. Sit in the fire when it gets uncomfortable. Don’t run. Don’t shut down. Don’t grab your phone. And stop trying to “win.” This isn’t about being right. It’s about being real. This isn’t clean work. You’ll screw it up. You’ll piss people off. But at least you’ll be there. At least you’ll feel alive again. Because there’s nothing worse than living your whole life as a ghost in your own house. What’s one conversation you’ve been putting off that’s eating you alive? Put it in the comments. Say it out loud here before it explodes somewhere worse.

Connecting with nature is essential And embodying the elements that exist around and within us And found old notes on how the elements can be present in our lives and the balance that it brings when blended into our lives 🔥 FIRE Follow your dreams, set up your goals and fight because you can reach anywhere you want in life. 💧WATER Be humble, be greatful, love others, serve others, learn how to accept things and go with the flow. 🌀 AIR Open your mind, free your mind, don't be a slave of your own beliefs and of others. 🗿 EARTH be simple, be a good person, do what you need to do for yourself, your family and your society 🧞‍♀️ Spirit Connect with your soul, with the universe, with nature.

Have you taken a moment to stop. Or have you been running around being busy doing all the things "you need to do" or have you taken the chance to stop slow down and find intention within your actions? It is incredibly easy to distract ourselves with busy work disguising itself as progress to get no work. Give yourself the opportunity, the pleasure and gift of a moment of stillness take a deep breath... Take in 3 more to feel yourself in the present reflect on your actions and ask yourself what is the one thing you are or aren't doing that is standing in the way of your allogned self.

I had an honest and sincere conversation with another business owner who shared similar concerns about the attacks on masculinity. That conversation was shared on my Facebook page. We dived into a robust conversation about what a man's role is in a world that seems to be asking, "What are men good for anyway?" and yet keeps asking "Where are the good men?"