Monday Morning Mojo

It’s fall here in DC, and the weather is getting cooler. That means I’ll be looking for an overnight camping trip soon! Kaya and I get out every morning and evening for a long walk. That’s us in the park above, early morning. Things are heating up on multiple fronts, with Stop Stigma Together moving […]

I invite you to my wife’s album release concert. Beauty in the Broken is more than just an album – it’s a call to embrace our struggles and celebrate our healing. As the poet Rumi said, “The wound is the place where the Light enters you.” The track “Heal Out Loud“, now an award-winning music

Last week, I had the opportunity to speak about Stop Stigma Together at The Kennedy Forum’s Alignment for Progress summit this last week in DC, chairing a panel with: Andy Dunn – author of Burn Rate and founder of Bonobos, speaks on his lived experience of being a founder with bipolar disorder; Rachael Cooper from

Grand Challenges are society’s toughest problems—complex, persistent, and resistant to easy solutions. Addressing them is essential for humanity’s survival and prosperity. I am obsessed with finding collective frameworks that address these issues, which are too vast for any single mind to solve and are deeply rooted in legislation, policies, social behaviors, and mindsets that hinder

The fall season has begun. School is in session. Workers are back from vacation. And I am kicking into gear with Grand Challenges. I have begun work on my next book; it will be my fifth. This one is all about the world of Grand Challenges. In addition, I am working with a colleague to

Last week, Ruchi and I went to see Ateez in Washington, DC, at the Capital One Arena, with 20,000 fans, or Atinies, as they are known to each other. It was a blast. The stage show was more powerful, beautiful, and awesome than any concert I have ever been to. This week, we are meeting

Divya means divine in Hindi. Little Divya will accompany my daughter, Ruchi, to college when Ruchi starts at in just 3 weeks. That’s Divya with me riding in the back seat of our car. When Ruchi first started telling me she wanted a dog to accompany her to class, I was skeptical. Who would train

Major General Gregg Martin is a United States Army two-star general who retired in 2014. From July 2012 to July 2014, he was the President of the National Defense University at Fort McNair Army Base in Washington, D.C. from July 2010 to July 2012, he served as the Commandant of the U.S. Army War College

Kaya and I had a great five days and four nights in the Adirondacks. We hiked in and pitched our tent up on a high spot overlooking the North Fork of the Boquet River near Elizabethtown, New York. Lots of people ask me, Why do you do these solo trips into the woods? I haven’t

As you read this, I will be hiking into the backcountry of the Adirondacks in New York, about 50 miles west of Burlington, Vermont. Last week, when I took my camping supplies down from the attic, Kaya started hovering as if to say, Don’t leave me behind!” She seemed relieved when it was finally time