I spent years pursuing creative work, raising a family, meeting deadlines,

and navigating the twists and turns of a career that rarely stood still.

Along the way, many of the simple practices that once kept me grounded were pushed aside—

not because I stopped believing in them, but because life has a way of demanding our attention elsewhere.

Eventually, I became curious about a simple question:

What if feeling better didn't require doing more?

What if it meant returning to the basics?

That question became The Seven—a simple daily practice built around

the habits that help us move better, recover more fully, and reconnect with ourselves.

My book, Still Here: Waking Up in Springfield, tells the story behind that journey—

from working on The Simpsons, through burnout and reinvention, to

discovering that the most powerful changes often come from returning to the simplest things.