Stories & Field Notes

From Lost to Living: Who I Work With and What Actually Changes

Most people who reach out to me are stuck in some version of stuck. Here’s who they are when they show up — and who they become on the other side of this work.

Tristan standing in stillness among trees, eyes closed

The Three Things I Built My Life Around: Love, Curiosity, and Creation

If there’s a creator behind all this, it would be loving, curious, and endlessly creative. Living in alignment with those three is what feels like coming home.

Tristan sitting in stillness among trees, eyes closed

You Won’t Find Yourself in Your Head — You’ll Find Yourself in Stillness

The thinking mind will tell you what you want, what makes you happy, what kind of life is worth living. Almost none of it is actually yours.

Tristan softly framed against trees — stillness as the place you find yourself

Fear, Conformity, and Consumption: The Three Things Quietly Running Your Life

If love, curiosity, and creation are the three to live by, these are the three quietly running most people’s lives instead. Once you can see them, you can choose differently.

Tristan in dynamic standing movement, arm extended

Movement Is More Than Trying to Look a Certain Way

The point of training isn’t to look like the person on the cover of a magazine. The point is to get the most out of the body you have — and unlock what it’s actually capable of.

Bare feet on green grass — simple, grounded, real food

I Don’t Follow a Complicated Diet. I Just Eat Real Food.

I treated nutrition like an impossible puzzle. I needed a dietitian, a macro spreadsheet, a supplement stack. It turned out the answer was simple — I’d just been buried in noise.

Tristan smiling outdoors with a water bottle — simple, real, grounded living