This is the Difference

Believe me, I love a good shortcut—if there’s an easy fix, I’m all for it. But some things require more than just knowing what to do.

When I was in high school, I took a CPR class. I learned the steps, practiced on a dummy, and felt confident in my abilities.

But months later when it actually did happen, I froze. I knew the steps, but at the moment, I hesitated. Someone else on the scene jumped in while I stood there with my heart pounding.

When we’re under extreme stress, we don’t default to new solutions or new ways of doing things. We resort to what is familiar.

Because unless we’ve used a tool before—unless we’ve practiced with it, understood how it works, and built confidence in applying it—it’s challenging to use it in the heat of the moment.

This is why I don’t just hand my students a set of mindful tools and hope they figure out how to use them. I guide them through experiences where they can feel the shift themselves—so when they need it most, they don’t just have the tool; they know how to use it.

So it’s not just an idea we discuss and hope it might work, but rather, the tools we learn together become a tangible and reliable way to navigate your inner world.

And that makes all the difference.