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Theme · 31 writingsReinvention & New Chapters

New eras declared and lived: the screenwriter years, the hotelier years, the next act.

April 2, 2026

none of those titles fully capture how I actually think about what I do.

Reframes his identity from investor/operator to a builder of experience assets across a collection.

March 24, 2026

Age is not a countdown; it is a multiplier.

Shares a passage from Titus Jean's book on starting again at any age.

January 19, 2026

Transformation caption claiming change runs deeper than career.

Transformation caption claiming change runs deeper than career.

January 1, 2026

You are not meant to live only one way.

Eric frames life as experiments in 'Ways' of living and teases The Italian Way.

December 30, 2025

We will be Dreamers to the day we die.

Eric's year-end essay: health transformation, finishing his script, and funding The Inspired Way on stage.

October 7, 2025

Packing for Paris begins today.

Packing for Paris; owns no warm jacket; sets 200 lbs as his fighting weight.

October 6, 2025

Now that I’ve shared the year long story of my health journey with you, I’m ready to open the door to the

A new chapter: two months in Paris, then Italy; accepted into a top cooking school.

September 15, 2025

Deep, soul-level trust.

Reinvented himself countless times out of trust in soul-level whispers.

May 1, 2025

Hawaii is a rap for a few months.

Hawaii chapter ends for a few months; back to Brickell, missing the crew.

March 27, 2025

Love letter to Brickell, Miami from a hotel balcony.

Love letter to Brickell, Miami from a hotel balcony.

March 19, 2025

Back in Destin, where our Florida journey began four years ago.

Back in Destin where the Florida journey began four years ago.

March 10, 2025

It has been a powerfull emotional journey that my heart needs time to sort through.

Addresses the cliffhanger: not ready for Part 5.B; the journey was deeply emotional.

February 27, 2025

Part 5 of 5 - The New Dream

Part 5 of Preparing For My Sunset Years: the new dream, with a checklist completed.

February 26, 2025

After putting my health first and successfully concluding my thirty year run as an entrepreneur, I have a quic

Part 4 of Preparing For My Sunset Years: a quick pit stop after health and entrepreneurship.

February 25, 2025

The first two decades of my life, I was an athlete with a very specific dream.

Part 3 of Preparing For My Sunset Years: the farewell tour and the athlete dream.

February 24, 2025

For twenty-eight years, I sacrificed my health and put my entrepreneurial ventures first, second and third.

Part 2 of Preparing For My Sunset Years: the transformation, health before ventures.

February 23, 2025

Six months earlier we had mutually decided to end a perfectly good business (Bliss Champions LLC) that we love

Part 1 of Preparing For My Sunset Years: the awakening after ending Bliss Champions.

January 16, 2025

I bet you might be wondering how my health is coming along post-fast.

Moved back to Hawaii for six months; reports health is holding post-fast.

January 1, 2025

How will I fill my heart?

Welcomes 2025 as a blank canvas and asks how he will fill his heart.

December 20, 2024

The biggest benefit to living here has been reclaiming my health.

Moved out of the Brickell high-rise; the biggest benefit was reclaiming his health.

November 4, 2024

Hawaii gets the edge in this category but where I live in Miami is quite stunning as well.

Explains why he prefers a Brickell high-rise over his Hawaii home right now.

December 18, 2023

make 2024 a heck of a lot better than 2023 was for some of us!

Eric calls 2023 'so-so,' lays out 2024 projects, and commits to rethinking his health approach.

December 15, 2023

People are busting their asses every day to make a living here.

Miami's work ethic inspires Eric — and contrasts with Hawaii's transient workforce.

December 12, 2023

the food scene is off the charts great. You would have to relocate to Paris, Tokyo or to various hot spots in

Week one in Miami: food scene, vibrancy, diversity, and walkability all check the boxes.

December 6, 2023

Lori and I made it to Miami.

Lori and Eric reach Miami and begin a four-day hunt for a temporary home.

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November 11, 2023

What does reinvention look like?

Eric asks the group: what does reinvention look like?

August 16, 2023

I continue to believe that the answers I seek will reveal themselves in due time.

On a boat off Positano he confronts a hard truth — his last Bliss Island retreat bombed — and seeks clarity on what's next.

June 25, 2023

Crazy is my North Star.

Do Something Crazy Part 5: reviewing four reinventions and announcing two new desires at 53.

June 18, 2023

On the count of three, do something crazy!

Do Something Crazy Part 1: his fourth reinvention at 47 — from entrepreneur to bliss coach.

December 31, 2021

2021 was about moving! Packing and unpacking were dominant themes in our lives this year.

2021 in one word — Moving: the fifty-flight search for a second home.

December 11, 2021

I better not mess this up, as we have family moving in for the holidays.

Begins the Hawaii-to-Florida dual lifestyle with a Christmas tree mission.