Happy Mother's Day to all of the moms reading today! I also want to send love to those grieving today as well--I know these holidays can be just as difficult as they are exciting!

Ang had to share Mother's Day with Silas, as it was his First Communion today--just as you would expect from a great mom, she didn't mind one bit.

Let's get to this week's Notes...

📝 this week's Daily Notes

5.04.26 #1195 what do you value?​

5.05.26 #1196 defining wealth​

5.06.26 #1197 if it was given to you...​

5.07.26 #1198 resistance​

5.08.26 #1199 look good, feel good, be good​

5.09.26 #1200 exploration and experimentation​

🎙️ AlignedLife "What You Actually Stand On"

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Every week on The Five, we find one headline and one deeper idea across all five pillars of aligned living — Spirit, Mind, Body, Money, and Creativity — and ask what they mean for the life you're actually trying to build.

This week, one question surfaced across all five pillars without us looking for it: what do you actually stand on?

A generation of young men is quietly walking back into churches — not because someone told them to, but because the secular alternatives stopped working. New research suggests that nearly half of your mental health outcomes may come down to a single variable that has nothing to do with your circumstances. The GLP-1 revolution is reshaping millions of bodies faster than we've had time to figure out what we actually believe about them. Economic anxiety is forcing Americans to make spending decisions they haven't had to make in years — and what people choose to protect when money gets tight reveals more about their values than any budget ever could. And across the country, people are putting down their phones and picking up yarn, paintbrushes, and craft kits — and gathering around tables to make things together.

Five pillars. Five Conversations. This is The Five.

📝 AlignedLife Blog

​R.E.N.E.E. "This morning, just before my alarm went off, I caught my internal dialogue beautifully explaining the framework I’ve created—a framework that is rooted in George Kinder’s EVOKE process, blended with Breanna Rae Blaney’s Integrated Wealth Advisor curriculum, sprinkled with my own style and unique gifts."

🦅 Omens

​Writing To Slow Down "I was meeting with a client and observed how neatly he printed while taking notes. I also noticed how slowly he wrote to ensure his writing was legible, and that’s when the light bulb went off.

Writing in my notebooks can help me slow down a little bit throughout the day."

📺 The Authentic Life On Other Shows and What I've Been Consuming

From time to time, I listen to a conversation, and all I can hear is other people talking about the Authentic Life.

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What else I Read/Watched/Listened To

📝 We Need Your Spiritual Gift by Sasha Chapin​

📝 A Gold Medal In An Empty Stadium​

📺 David Epstein on The Rich Roll Podcast​

See you next week (or tomorrow) and keep pursuing,

JC