Are you the Captain of your Life or a Passenger in someone else’s dream?

Are you the captain of your life, or are you a passenger in someone else’s dream?

If you’re like me, some days you feel like you’re making moves, meeting fascinating people who are wiser, more successful, more confident — all the things you want to be.

If you’re like me, some days you wake up and you feel bold, on a visceral level. Like you instinctively know what to do and how to do it if “someone” would give you a chance to be great. If you’re like me, you try to wake up, read affirmations, and seek to employ the wisdom of your Instagram life coach, a famous motivational speaker, to step into the unknown — to vibrate higher and attract abundance. You’re flying high, perhaps literally (thank you legal cannabis), and aiming to embody fearlessness.

And then, BAM! A “storm” appears out of nowhere, causing turbulence in your life. Sometimes it feels unrecoverable. Unfathomable. A falling out with a close friend, an expensive car repair — adversity appears out of nowhere, putting you into a nosedive challenging your equipment. With the tragic death of NBA legend, Kobe Bryant, and the other eight passengers on his helicopter, we are aware of how random and relentless the world can feel. If you’re like me, everything feels like it’s falling apart little by little. You lose…