A YouTuber from South Africa followed some "tour guides" who were planning to take him deep into the depths of the Villa 31 and rob him, until a guy pulled him aside and saved him just in time
The fact that Bruce Willis initially wanted to play Vincent makes this scene even better. So glad it worked out the way it did. This couldn’t be more perfect.
David Goggins dropped a hard truth on Chris Williamson’s podcast:
We’re raising kids (and adults) to be soft in a world that’s getting harder. You can’t shelter them forever from pain, trauma, or evil. The real move is chosen suffering — doing hard things on purpose every day — so you’re ready when life hits you with the stuff you didn’t choose.
Goggins isn’t saying everyone needs to run 200 miles. He’s saying you need to build a part of yourself that’s tough enough to break down adversity and keep moving.
Unchosen suffering is coming for all of us. The only real preparation is voluntary discomfort.
This hit me. I’ve seen how avoiding discomfort now makes the inevitable challenges later feel crushing. Building some daily toughness has been one of the best things I’ve done.
Do you have any form of “chosen suffering” in your routine?
There are fundamental principles of psychology and psychotherapy. They have been recognized and refined over generations, and they are at the heart of all effective psychotherapy.
There is no incentive to acknowledge them.
The incentive is to pretend to invent something new, brand it with an acronym, and promote it as a something proprietary.
Time and again, the active ingredients are just a subset of the time-honored, fundamental principles— incorporated in the “new” therapy in watered-down, trivialized form.
The proliferation of acronyms and brands erodes knowledge and expertise.
Here's the fundamental truth:
At the heart of all effective therapy is the relationship between clinician and client—and how the clinician uses that relationship in the service of self-understanding and change.
You cannot brand or commodify a relationship.
It therefore takes a backseat. And what gets branded and promoted instead misses the essence of the work.
32 years ago today, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air aired “Papa’s Got a Brand New Excuse,” featuring the heartbreaking moment where Will’s dad Lou walks out on him for a 2nd time