The Lighthouse Letters

I DID SOMETHING SCARY! For YEARS I have been telling myself that I would get back into standup comedy and for YEARS I have been denying myself the joy of performing onstage as a comedian. I made it SO easy for myself to...

When an idea lives in your head, protected by the safety of your skull, it's never exposed to judgement or failure! You can iterate forever . But then, the ideas never make it into your life and you never get to share...

I recorded this before the winter break as I was waiting at the airport to board my flight home. This letter speaks of the quiet voice inside that you learn to trust once your nervous system calms down, what labour and...

How in the helly are you supposed to survive your own transformation? When you're just goo. This episode I talk about the inner child that demanded to be heard, and how finding your own authentic voice might involve...

This week's letter talks about the comparison trap, and how I find myself falling into it again... and how I pull myself back out. I've spent the last little while catching up with old friends, many of whom are in...

Dear wayward ship, We meet at a crossroads today, at the junction of what has been and what will be. I talk about packing for a trip and leaving things behind whilst taking what I need for the future (big metaphor...

This week at the lighthouse, we’re talking about art that survives your dislike of it . I’ve been thinking about time and how it can feel both blisteringly fast and painfully slow, about getting almost there and...

In today's Lighthouse Letter, I talk about a practice that I've been doing for the last 5 years: writing a love letter to myself every month. It's a practice that's helped me see the best in myself even when I really...

In this lighthouse letter, I talk about returning to my body after a period of not quite inhabiting it. I talk about how I'm finally seeing the buds of the art seeds that I've been sowing all year, from this podcast to...

Today's letter is different. Today's letter comes from rocky waves and seas, from a place in my heart that is stormy and terrible. We're currently witnessing global acts of violence that are atrocities. I cannot turn a...

In this episode, I reflect on the small things we so often take for granted. Seasonal shifts, the quiet magic of rainy afternoons, and friends who are still here, in spite of it all. I share a poem I wrote about anxiety...

This letter is a doozy, folks. The water has been rocky by the lighthouse, dozen foot high waves crashing into the rocks, splashing into this lighthouse keeper's eyes. Through it all, I remind myself that the lamp is...

In this episode of the Lighthouse Letters, I talk about my preference of swimming holes over summit views ( I want an experience you can participate in!), the lies I've been telling myself about how much I should be...

In this episode, I talk about the beauty of showing up scared, the indomitable human spirit being made of hope, permission to do art during the daytime (during 'working hours', no less!), dismantling the idea of...

In this letter, I’m talking about the kind of rest that fills you back up . The active, soul-filling sort that’s less about doing nothing and more about doing what lights you up. I recap a weekend that swung between the...