I’ve spent 8 years looking for a label. Am I a "Relationship Coach"? A "Performance Hypnotist"? A "Trauma Specialist"? I kept trying to put myself in a box. But yesterday, looking over my client notes from the last decade, it hit me. I’ve been in the same niche all along. I just didn’t have the name for it. No matter the client I work with... Whether they are reeling from a breakup... Struggling with insomnia... Trying to heal from childhood trauma... Or just lacking the confidence to speak...

Imagine for one second... that somebody will take your job away from you... the car you're driving... the house you live in... your passport... your education and all the titles you acquired with your hard work... all of your money... your clothes... your phone and computer... what would be left of you? You might feel that if you stop to attach to or to be all these forms, you'd disappear. But the truth is: You'd still be here. Ancient mystics and modern neuroscientists agree: We are living a...

When my wife broke up with me a few years ago, I thought I was doing all the “right” things. I talked it out. I tried to stay “mature.” I kept myself busy. I told myself time would heal it. It didn’t. Looking back now, I can see I was making the same 5 mistakes I now see almost everyone make after a breakup. Not because we’re stupid. Because no one ever told us what not to do. I didn’t know these were mistakes. I thought they were helping. In reality, they were quietly feeding the craving and...