I run. I run every time I get the chance because running is a gift. It builds strength both mental and physical, it breeds humility and belief and it takes me away from the distracted mind.

I'm vegan. I chose this path first and foremost because I don't think the way we treat animals is okay. Each individual has a right to their life, a life away from subjugation; how we treat the most innocent individuals is a true test of our culture. Our environment and our health is under threat in large part due to the way we commodify and exploit these thinking, feeling, sentient individuals and adopting a wholefood plant-based diet completely transformed the quality of my body, mind and life.

Creating space around the present moment. Allowing oneself to hear the breath, allowing oneself to be comfortable with silence and to quieten the busy or distracting mind. To fully experience life in our field of perception, not hung up on a past that has passed or longing for a future that may or may not be written. To be here now, to give full attention, to allow existence to flow, to listen, to meet people where they are at, to share and to learn because we are all part of the vast flowing energies of a greater whole.

I stopped drinking alcohol in September 2021. Prior to this I was a daily drinker and as a performing musician; alcohol and moreover free alcohol regularly surrounded me. I drank because I was in pain but drinking caused me to suffer even more. It's insidious. I loved and I hated it and knew for a long time before quitting that it was hurting me. I no longer have any desire to live in such extremes. I now live for the moment, the only time we truly have, to meet life as it comes, to be the calm against the storm, stoic. I now live in a state of satisfaction rather than a pursuit of pleasure. I now live to give service to others, to share my gifts and to make time to appreciate yours.