by Dave Ursillo | Jan 30, 2018 | Uncategorized
The last few months have been so (blessedly) full of activity, movement, and creation that I feel as though I’m just getting my feet under me. And when I look at the calendar, it’s almost February! With one-twelfth of 2018 already passed, I’m spending time...
by Dave Ursillo | Jan 23, 2018 | Uncategorized
Hi there, dear reader! If you happen to be new here, allow me to welcome you warmly. My name is Dave Ursillo. I’ve been running this blog as a platform for my business-of-one for the last 9 years. This website was my first step after quitting my earliest career...
by Dave Ursillo | Jan 19, 2018 | Uncategorized
Lately, I’ve been talking a whole heck of a lot about writing: I recently beta launched a new writing course called Unavoidable Writing, which distills 5 years’ worth of what I learned working with 300 writers from a dozen countries down to a holistic,...
by Dave Ursillo | Jan 9, 2018 | Uncategorized
For a word-nerd who isn’t so big into numbers, I do quite enjoy taking inventory of what I’ve written and published on my blog at the end of every calendar year. I think of it as a sort of creative audit and a process of honoring the output I manage every...
by Dave Ursillo | Jan 4, 2018 | Uncategorized
I was sitting over a big bowl of phở gà in the Chinatown neighborhood of Boston last Saturday with my girlfriend Laura and two of her wonderful friends from out of town when one of them asked, “What kind of writing do you do?” Maybe it was the spices fizzing in my...
by Dave Ursillo | Jan 1, 2018 | Uncategorized
My new writing course, Unavoidable Writing: Turn What You’re Resisting into Your Refuge, is here! This is not a writing course reserved for professional writers, aspiring authors or folks who tell themselves, “Dayum, I am hella awesome writer and I want everyone to...
by Dave Ursillo | Dec 27, 2017 | Uncategorized
Jean, Maryse and Vincent were more alike than they were different. But in just briefly meeting them, you may not have noticed their similarities. After all, Jean was a sales exec for a marketing company based out of Seattle when we first met. Maryse was a mother and...
by Dave Ursillo | Nov 28, 2017 | Uncategorized
Learning from what we’re avoiding is perhaps the most powerful pathway for personal healing and deep self-activation. That was the story I shared with you when we last spoke. As you’ll recall, in the wake of writing and self-publishing my first book (to a chorus of...
by Dave Ursillo | Nov 21, 2017 | Uncategorized
When I last wrote you, we discussed how to keep perspective when things feel particularly crazy in the world. It’s important to remember that everyone is trying their best, day in and day out. And that a quiet majority of 99.99999% of the world’s...
by Dave Ursillo | Oct 31, 2017 | Uncategorized
We’re less than three months away from my big upcoming adventure to Peru! (If you haven’t heard, it’s called Personal Myth, Mindfulness, Machu Picchu — my latest yoga and writing experience in the heart of the Sacred Valley of Peru, which is...
by Dave Ursillo | Oct 24, 2017 | Uncategorized
On your commute to work, the yoga studio or to drop the kids at school this morning, thousands of people whom you don’t know agreed to hundreds of the same things as you, a hundred times over. They agreed to drive on the correct side of the road. To stay in their...
by Dave Ursillo | Oct 17, 2017 | Uncategorized
As you may know, I’m co-hosting an awesome little retreat at the end of January 2018. My friend Kate Marolt is co-hosting with me. She’s awesome. A huge heart, super creative, an entrepreneur and an abundantly generous teacher. We met at a conference a...
by Dave Ursillo | Oct 10, 2017 | Uncategorized
Four years after quitting my job, I was at a crossroads: Would I move to a new city again? Or, would I try to make something of where I already was? I knew that my next move would make or break my struggling stint of self-employment, lifestyle design and...
by Dave Ursillo | Oct 5, 2017 | Uncategorized
My hands pressed together, lifted and grazing my brow, I acknowledge my thoughts, chosen and unchosen, as much the source of my worry as the guide toward my healing, my understanding, my salvation. With this touch, I choose to direct the willing power of my mind...
by Dave Ursillo | Oct 3, 2017 | Uncategorized
As the world writhes amid natural disaster and conflict, you may feel like I do at times — rather helpless. Coping is the first step to making a difference, small or large. And prayer, even secular prayer, is a powerful outlet for your voice and your empathy. I...
by Dave Ursillo | Sep 27, 2017 | Uncategorized
Place yourself in this landscape in your imagination: Silent mornings with your journal, fresh fruit, and a seat before a lush valley. You ease into a gentle yoga session that’s designed to expand your physical awareness, deepen your breaths, and erase anxiety....
by Dave Ursillo | Sep 26, 2017 | Uncategorized
Time flies by so fast — although we’d all prefer it didn’t — that it can feel scary to deliberately hit pause for long enough to slow down. It’s why unchosen shake-ups to our routines can feel so jolting. Disruption to your daily flow...
by Dave Ursillo | Sep 19, 2017 | Uncategorized
Are you a new yoga teacher? I’ve only been teaching consistently for a few years now, and lately I’ve been feeling like there’s so much more knowledge and experience that I don’t have that others do. Sure, you can only ever start from exactly...
by Dave Ursillo | Sep 12, 2017 | Uncategorized
Years ago, I came across a book which claimed that keeping a journal of things for which you are grateful is shown to be one of the most reliable methods that anyone can use to increase their overall sense of satisfaction with life. Which is pretty remarkable. Because...
by Dave Ursillo | Sep 5, 2017 | Uncategorized
As a blogger, every once in a while I’ll get an email from someone who’s doing one of those “expert round-up” blog posts. Many bloggers use these round-up style posts as marketing ploys to get everyone involved to push web traffic to their own...
by Dave Ursillo | Aug 29, 2017 | Journaling and Writing Prompts
So you’re looking for a fountain pen? Maybe you’re interested in having a more “old-fashioned” experience with writing. Maybe you’re trying to find a more nuanced, artful way to connect with your everyday writing practice. Maybe...
by Dave Ursillo | Aug 22, 2017 | Journaling and Writing Prompts
Before I journaled as regularly as I do now, I used to write in “flip” pads of paper and cheap ringed binders from office supply stores. Unsurprisingly, over these years my writing did not feel like a particularly “artful” experience. But when...
by Dave Ursillo | Aug 15, 2017 | Uncategorized
If you ever wonder what you’ve got to offer anyone else, it’s this: Whatever you have learned, you can teach. That makes sense, right? You become a natural teacher of the things that you have learned, yourself. You can offer what you’ve learned to...
by Dave Ursillo | Aug 8, 2017 | Uncategorized
Writing is my passion. Whether working on my next book, drafting a new post to share with my community, or crafting a client’s story, I fill my days with words that I hope will help souls better express their purpose and desired journey in our world. And yet, my...
by Dave Ursillo | Jul 31, 2017 | Uncategorized
I’m the type of writer who doesn’t force himself to write every day. I’ve never held myself to strict word-count (because, even if I could achieve one, the achievement felt hollow — what about their quality? Their feel?). I’ve never used...
by Dave Ursillo | Jul 25, 2017 | Uncategorized
Note to the reader: This piece is the second of a two-part series originally written for my subscribers. To get more stories, essays, notes from my travels and more, sign up for my no-junk, all-love, fortnightly newsletter. In 1969, Christmas in Cuba was canceled....
by Dave Ursillo | Jul 19, 2017 | Uncategorized
Four years ago, when her big sister Giana was writing her first book, I took notice. As a writer myself and one who teaches people to express themselves as a form of communing with the True Self within, I was as excited by my god-daughter’s writing endeavor as I...
by Dave Ursillo | Jul 11, 2017 | Uncategorized
You can’t care about everything. You aren’t supposed to. And yet, a hundred times a day, you’re asked to care about something. Many things. You’re asked to care about a thing that deserves care. You’re dared to care about a thing not enough people seem to care about....
by Dave Ursillo | Jul 6, 2017 | Uncategorized
Last year, fellow writer-yogi Kate Marolt and I spent 7 days with a small group at a beautiful eco-resort where the beach met the rainforest in Central America for yoga, journaling, farm-to-table organic meals, relaxation, and adventure. It was simple. It was a...
by Dave Ursillo | Jun 27, 2017 | Uncategorized
So far in 2017, I’ve published 22 blog posts, sent 11 newsletters to my readers, and revised and reformatted all 6 of my self-published books — in addition to my almost-daily journaling, the usual Story Shine client workload, teaching yoga classes, and...
