Responsible Business

A little while ago, my daughter had a boy over to the house. It was all pretty casual, a visit cleared with her mom. Though, as I found out later, I was…

When Pilar and I moved here in 2008 to embrace the Pura Vida lifestyle in Costa Rica, we did not arrive with a glossy five-year vision board or a folder full of…

I walked into the University of San Diego with a very specific, very rigid version of the future in my head. At eighteen, I thought I had the default path all figured…

If you have ever started a small business or run any project with passion, you know the pressure of the standard path. It is a voice that tells you to grow, scale,…

I want to talk about something we are often taught to be ashamed of: quitting. In our culture of relentless striving and hustle, to quit is the four-letter word that signals defeat….

I want to start this series of stories by sharing the most valuable business lesson I have ever learned. It didn’t happen in a boardroom or during a high-stakes negotiation. It happened…

Recently, the New York Times released its prestigious “52 Places to Go in 2026” list. Sitting proudly at number four globally — and ranking first in all of Latin America — is…

One of the things that our guests highlight on review platforms like Tripadvisor is that our lodge is simple, comfortable, and at one with the environment. Everything about our lodge is intentional…

One of the things that most defines us here at Bodhi Surf + Yoga is our commitment to using our business as a force for good. Throughout our 13 years of operating,…

One thing that we take extremely seriously here at Bodhi Surf + Yoga is our commitment to our community and the world. We’re built on an ethos of social and environmental responsibility…