I was in a great season of life. As an FDNY Firefighter in New York City, I was living the dream! On September 11, 2001, I awoke in my Staten Island apartment ready to enjoy a day off. Forty-five minutes later, my phone rang, “Mike, turn on the TV! A plane hit the Trade Center!!” Watching the news, I then called my Dad. “Dad!! Wherever you are, get in front of a TV. … [Read more...]
Tough Things to Talk About: Coming to Terms With Change
I’ve always felt that the changing of the seasons was a lot like the changing of who we are as people. For example, as trivial as it sounds, I really do think that people are a lot softer and kinder in the cooler months than they are in the thick heat of the Florida summers. Though who they are as a whole does not change entirely, I think that just as summer lays down to rest … [Read more...]
Jiyo Wellbeing in the Lake Nona Community
"The goal of Jiyo is to impact a billion people's lives by enabling them to experience a joyful energetic body, a loving compassionate heart, and a restful but alert mind and lightness of being." - Deepak Chopra M.D. Last month the Lake Nona Town Center hosted the launch of the wellbeing app Jiyo Lake Nona, a collaboration between the original Jiyo and Lake Nona to offer our … [Read more...]
Tough Things to Talk About: #SocialMedia
I got my first Instagram account when I turned 13. It was a secret, of course, from my mom, who didn’t like the fact that I was already connected to a world of different ideas and realities through the screen of my phone. Yet, I was intrigued with the power of social media, who it could connect me with and how fast. I wanted to learn about everything that I could on the … [Read more...]
Get In-Powered!: From Attraction and Distractions to Freedom
What are you attracted to that is distracting you from your best work, your better self, and even your freedom? While living in New York, right before sunset, I was arriving home, opened the garage, parked the car and before closing it, I heard something. I stayed quiet and heard it again. All of a sudden, there it was. A bird. A house sparrow that somehow made its way into … [Read more...]