"Meaningful living is choosing your passions over your fears. It is accepting what you cannot control and focusing on what is in your power. Meaningful living is intentional, effective, and respectful. Meaningful lives are built decision by decision, one day at a time." - from The Art of Meaningful Living

The Art of Meaningful Living is collaboration with my fellow Houstonian John Palmer. My words and his art illustrate concepts accepted by mental health professionals like psychiatrists, psychologists and clinical social workers. The Art of Meaningful Living is the framework that I often use with the clients in my coaching and psychotherapy practice to help them build the lives they have always wanted.

The Art of Meaningful Living can be used in different ways. You can read it cover to cover to get a cohesive narrative or open to a random page and receive helpful information from that specific reading. Through The Art of Meaningful Living, you can reflect on certain ideas - including the ten elements of meaningful living. The reflections, found throughout the book, help you examine your own life choices. Use your own imagination to find how the book best works for you. Some things in these pages will be a fit for you and others will not. Take what is helpful and leave what is not. The result will be your meaningful life, and it is unique like you.