Live Life ALIVE Blog

Last week I finally did it. I cleared a morning, opened my goals doc, and sat down to do the reset I'd been putting off. Within ten minutes, I felt terrible. Not because the year has been bad — it hasn't. But when you look at a list of things you said you wanted and start measuring yourself against each line item, your brain goes straight to the gap.

For most of my adult life, the invite would come in, and my answer was already decided before I read the details. Yes. Of course. I'll be there. It didn't matter what I had going on, what I'd told myself I wanted to get done that week, or whether I even wanted to go. The invite landed, and some older, faster part of me answered for me. The part that learned a long time ago that being agreeable was the price of being liked.

Before we begin—a quick invitation: I'm hosting an end-of-year gathering on Thursday, December 18, at Fabrik NYC (Tribeca) called Before What's Next: An Evening to Pause, Reflect & Reconnect . Four hours of guided reflection, warm conversation, grounding practices, and a light dinner. Just you, your journal, and the space to actually feel the year you lived. Learn more here . Now. Here's what usually happens in December: The year ends before you've really felt the year you

A winding dirt road, next to a dry riverbed. Clear blue skies, with some thin clouds like cotton. Street lamps dot the path with the occasional little hostels along the way. The wind gently blows, rattling the trees and the brush. When I first got to San Pedro de Atacama (a desert town in Chile), I realized that my AirBNB location was farther from the city center than I expected (I live in midtown Manhattan, so…). After dropping off my stuff for the first time in my rus

Most of us move through life on autopilot most of the time—hitting deadlines, handling demands, keeping our heads above water. We chase goals, solve problems, carry expectations, and try to squeeze meaning out of the margins of our day. In that pace, it’s easy to forget that joy isn’t built from “big life moments.” It’s built from attention—what we choose to notice, savor, and honor. That’s the quiet power of gratitude. Gratitude isn’t fluff. It’s one of the most well-researc

We all remember classic moments in movies where the main character gets a glow up... (Princess Diaries...Mean Girls...Cinderella...Pretty Woman...Devil Wears Prada...Crazy Stupid Love...Wicked...My Fair Lady....) I could go on! Well, here's Potencia's (first) glow-up moment... Before: After: Why the glow-up? As Potencia evolves its mission, we evolve our brand and look