I lived nearly 29 years of my life with no knowledge of or association with Lou Tice. It was during my personal quarter-life crisis that I first discovered Lou and his organization, The Pacific Institute. A close friend of mine serendipitously happened to connect with an executive from TPI over the phone after an operator [...]

Pete Carroll and Lou Tice
A local Seattle news station did a nice video piece on the relationship between the Seattle Seahawks coach and the founder/chairman of The Pacific Institute.

Kirk Gibson and The Pacific Institute
I’ve been affiliated with The Pacific Institute for almost three years now. I’ve been an Arizona Diamondbacks fan since their inception in 1998. But for some inexplicable reason, I have been completely ignorant of Arizona manager Kirk Gibson’s history with TPI. I was back in Seattle last weekend, for the final “Weekend with Lou” event [...]

Processing my lack of an effective process
It’s been over a week since I wrapped up my fast for the month of Ramadan. Perhaps the sudden onset of autumn weather has something to do with it, but I’ve been regularly pondering the fact that I might be experiencing some post-Ramadan blues. I’m not waking up before dawn, I’m not meditating as much, [...]
A Different Path
For the past couple of years, I’ve been attempting to make my mark as a Project Director with The Pacific Institute. It’s been up and down, like most experiences of life, but it has been very fruitful for my personal development and forging a new career path. TPI has illuminated the field of psychology to [...]
Arizona State University football starts PX2
Now, I’m an Arizona boy. For people in a lot of states, you either fall into one of two camps when it comes for rooting for the “local” university’s sports teams. Either you are a Tar Heel, or a Blue Devil. You are a Trojan, or you are a Bruin. Husky or Cougar. Spartan or [...]
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