Letter: What do you do with so many opinions about you?
This letter contains an important message about being yourself. I'm eating Lisa's homemade granola and listening to the "Deep Dark Indie" playlist on Shopify. I'm rejoicing that all my kids are going to be home this Christmas starting late tonight… the first time in...
Letter: I want to tell you a little secret
I'm looking out over the river I live on. It's called the Kennebacasis. It comes from the Mi'kmaq word meaning "little long bay place". It's a 95 kilometers long tidal river, beautiful and wide and running deep. It is full of living beings… anything from harbor seals...
Letter: I affirm your pain during your personal transformation
I've been thinking a lot about the pain of transformation. Like growing pains. I sprouted up very fast as a teenager. It actually physically hurt. Especially in my legs. They say that the greatest stressors in life are things like illness, death of a loved one,...
Sophia: Window
I’m always waiting. Looking out the window for something to show is my pastime. Like through a dark glass. The thing is… I never really know what I’m looking for. All I know is that I want to experience my freedom. The freedom that beats in my chest wants to feel the...
Sophia: Hills
I look out over the hills. Where is my help going to come from? Me. I remember when I was a child. In my captivity, these memories fill my dreams. They make me wonder where my wonder went. Why do I see myself alone in the woods? Why am I all alone standing on the brow...
Sophia: Tightrope
When you read the story of Sophia in these blog posts, and see the drawings, you are seeing not only the journey of a young woman courageously struggling to achieve her own spiritual independence and gain her own freedom. You are also reading my story. This is about...
Letter: Exercises for Personal Development
In an effort to clean up our main site, I'm consolidating many of the exercises I found most helpful and popular with TLSers into one post. Whenever I come across a new one, I'll simply add it here. So if you're interested in exercises in the future, search for this...
Letter: You make me want to be a better man!
I want to talk with you about my friends for a moment. I want to tell you about them. My friends let me be me. They love me. Me as I am, not as I should be or not how they think I ought to be. They love me just as I am. I am free to be me without fear of censor or...
Meet a Member Podcast: Christi Madrid
Meet one of our fellow members, Christi Madrid. I'm very inspired by her. Her energy, optimism, confidence and happiness are contagious. For me anyway! CLICK HERE TO LISTEN!
