About

Hi, my name is Nate. Thanks for stopping by!

Fearless Endeavors is about incorporating mindfulness into your everyday life. It’s about inner exploration and the joy, intimacy and peace that can be found in simply being here in this moment with whatever this moment brings. Quite simply, it’s about waking up to your life.

Mindfulness in a 21st Century World

Let’s face it – our lives can be challenging. We have work to do, bills to pay, chores to do, kids to take take care of, good times to deal with, bad times to deal with…well, it can be a lot! Often times we rush through these moments in order to get to some better moment in the future or we get caught up in thinking about past moments, wishing we were there.

By bringing mindfulness into our lives we can hopefully better deal with what’s happening in our life in this moment and we can hopefully better act and make decisions by cultivating kindness, compassion and love for ourselves as well as the world around us.

Can we look at our attachments and clinging in a non-judgemental way? Can we welcome and learn from each moment – whatever the moment brings? Can we wake up to our lives?

Some Background

I’ve been interested in meditation, mindfulness and eastern religion for quite some time, but it wasn’t until the end of 2009 that I made meditation and mindfulness an important part of my daily life. In short, it’s been nothing less than amazing.

I consider myself pretty normal by conventional standards. In fact, I may be just like you. I have a good job that I go to every day. I have an amazing wife and lovely yellow lab. We live in Chicago, which is a truly awesome city. I love to cook, travel, read, hang out with my dog, get outdoors to bike and run, drink a good single malt scotch and try out new restaurants. More recently I have started meditating every day as well as practicing yoga on a regular basis.

The Guest House

This being human is a guest-house:
Every morning a new arrival.

A joy, a depression, a meanness,
some momentary awareness comes
as an unexpected visitor.

Welcome and entertain them all!
Even if they’re a crowd of sorrows,
who violently sweep your house
empty of its furniture.

Still, treat each guest honorably.
He may be clearing you out
for some new delight.

The dark thought, the shame, the malice,
meet them at the door laughing,
and invite them in.

Be grateful for whoever comes,
because each has been sent
as a guide from beyond.

-Rumi