Have you experienced Creative Hopelessness- the moment when are out of ideas. Sometimes it's getting to a place in life where we have no idea where the heck we are, no roadmap. Some unknown force has the steering wheel

This is the time for profound change. Hopeless because it seems for the moment that there are no possibilities for a change. Creative because, in fact, now there are only possibilities.

When you're learning how to fight, and someone throws a punch at you, your first instinct, of course, is to duck backwards, but this is the worst thing to do. It throws you off balance and exposes your entire front side to attack.

As counter-intuitive as it sounds, you actually want to block and close the distance – to go into the punch. The point here is that our first instinct – naturally – is to avoid weirdness and difficulty. But weirdness and difficulty are the spaces of growth and change.

We often want to run away from uncomfortable moments. Don't. Stay present. Stay checked in. Often, staying present and aware of yourself and the situation is the bravest – and most effective – thing that you can do.