If we don't respond to our children, someone else will.

As hard as it may seem, try to choose gratitude over grief.

May is Mental Health Awareness Month and I hope you're aware of the power of gratitude.

Everyday we have an opportunity to make an impact in big or small ways.

Our thoughts, feelings, and emotions need a place to land softly.

Nothing of any worth or value ever comes easy and success isn't guaranteed. But if you don't at least make the effort...then failure surely is. Lessons and growth only happen if you at least try.

There is no growth in giving up.

I feel like a lot of people who claim to be "Self Made" are either lying, forgetful, or inconsiderate.

It’s important that we find ways to find calm in the chaos. Three rituals that I practice so I can find calm in the chaos are; Silence, Stillness, and Solitude.

“When you don’t know who you are, you start taking suggestions from other people.” - Shaun Derik

We're all just walking each other home. - Ram Dass

Everything has a season...

How you choose to get through what you're going through is what matters most.

Success doesn't guarantee you're thriving, but thriving can guarantee success.

One of my mentors taught me that, “What we can do often times is greater than what we will do.”

Me and one of my best friends Jian taking one of the first selfie and duck lips pose pic ever! I love when I get a chance to talk to young people about the entertainment industry, or even the sports industry, which is really just another form of entertainment. One of the things I share with them is to do it because you love it and it brings you joy first and foremost. I know for myself, the times that I enjoy the most about being involved in the entertainment world, whether i

There’s a big difference between looking good and being good. For about the first three or four years after launching REACH, everything seemed to be looking real good. My team and I were touring the country pretty consistently. We even landed a few gigs outside of the U.S. We were riding the wave of heat and momentum that came from my time with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation fellowship, the work with MEE Productions, and my continued partnership with Youth to Youth. But

Previous generations of parents did everything they could to minimize risk and uncertainty in the lives of their children. But what our generation of parents (me included) often do, to our children’s detriment, is everything we can to eliminate risk and uncertainty altogether.

I tell people that if you want to work with teens there are 3 things you have to be... Considerate , Consistent , and Courageous ....

It wasn't until my senior year of high school that I realized the life I was living and the choices I was making were taking me nowhere....