Brian Piergrossi - Life Architect

Brian Piergrossi - Life Architect Engineering the architecture of a meaningful life
20+ years mentoring • 4,000+ people • 40+ countries
20+ seasons leading men’s masterminds

We just returned from a few days in New York City — more on that soon.Throughout the trip, and for about a month beforeh...
08/25/2026

We just returned from a few days in New York City — more on that soon.

Throughout the trip, and for about a month beforehand, I had been struggling with a difficult skin issue on my finger.

I had a pretty intense and infected rash on the tip of my middle finger. The slightest touch or friction against it would send intense pain.

I tried various lotions, creams, medicines, a trip to the dermatologist, AI advice, and nothing would heal it.

Finally, I tried something very different.

I did absolutely nothing.

Within a matter of days the area was completely healed.

The same is true with my bout with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome in my early twenties.

No amount of doctors, medicines, or prescriptions helped.

It was not until I decided to do nothing except commit to living an optimally healthy lifestyle (physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually) that slowly, but surely I was healed.

I know of a man who had a motorcycle accident. His right forearm was horrifically gashed open. Dripping with blood, and filled with pebbles, dirt and mud.

He decided to do an experiment. He would do nothing and see what happens. Within a couple of months his arm was completely healed, and as good as new.

This is not to say that medication has never been helpful for me, or others I know. At times it has, and I’m sure will be again.

However, I will make what may seem like a radical statement.

No medication can heal you.

Medication can be an aid in your healing, or it can mask the symptoms of an injury so that you no longer feel the pain. But it doesn’t actually do the healing.

So where then does healing come from?
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Embodied Nostalgia & the Value of FamilyNow more than ever, it’s all about family!My extended family and I came together...
08/17/2026

Embodied Nostalgia & the Value of Family

Now more than ever, it’s all about family!

My extended family and I came together on the boardwalk in Ocean City, NJ, this weekend.

My first time there in a couple decades.

A nostalgic place for me, as we’d go there every summer when I was a child.

I saw a lot of the very same rides I’d go on in my youth.

The bumper cars and Ferris wheels. The High Seas Log Flume and the giant Buccaneer pirate ship.

Instead of mindlessly scrolling their phones for hours alone in their rooms, it’s heartening to see the younger generation having communal, embodied experiences, facing their fears and going on scary rides together.

Because after all, life is an embodied adventure, which is sometimes scary!

But you never uncover the fruits of the adventure if you don’t say “Yes” to the ride.

Next stop: New York City.

I’m at a remote monastery last year for five days of phone-free silence.All of us have committed to this silence.I’m med...
08/11/2026

I’m at a remote monastery last year for five days of phone-free silence.
All of us have committed to this silence.

I’m meditating by myself in the church.

I’m not sure how long I’ve been meditating. Time seems to have disappeared. I would guess it’s been for over two hours straight now.

I’m having one of the deepest and most profound spiritual experiences of my entire life.
I feel like I’m communing directly with God.

The ecstatic infinity of this inner stillness is exquisite, and it just keeps getting better!

I’ve been waiting my whole life for this. I never want to leave this state.
I’m beyond excited to discover what this meditation will bring me.

I hear footsteps and an indiscernible chatter.

Suddenly a hand taps me on the shoulder.

I hear a voice say, “Excuse me.”

In that moment, a surge of anger rushes through my body.

Like a fork in the road, two possibilities open.

Part of me wants to pick him up by his collar and slam him up against the wall, tell him this is a silent retreat and how dare he violate that rule and disturb me while I’m praying silently with my eyes closed in a church.

I open my eyes and there is a very old man looking at me.

“Are you the priest from California?” he says.

I look at him closely. He looks very feeble, disoriented, lost and confused.

My heart fills with compassion and love for him.

There have been times in my life when I’ve felt very feeble and confused myself.

I get it.

“I’m not,” I respond to him with kindness.

“I’m so sorry,” he says and quickly walks away apologetically.

The great irony is that this meditation did in fact give me the greatest revelation and exactly the lesson I needed.

It just wasn’t how or what I expected.

That simple moment was the most profound life-changing moment of the entire retreat.

So much of my life had been chasing spiritual highs as a self-centered pleasure pursuit.

While those who are religious can too often fall into dogmatic concepts without any direct experience, traveling the world chasing spiritual experiences is all too common in the modern “spiritual but not religious” scene.
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All seven and we’ll watch them fall They stand in the way of love And we will smoke them all With an intellect and a sav...
07/29/2026

All seven and we’ll watch them fall
They stand in the way of love And we will smoke them all
With an intellect and a savoir faire
No one in the whole universe will ever compare
I am yours now
And you are mine
And together we’ll love
Through all space and time ‘

Lyrics by Prince from the song ‘7’.
Peaking, not surprisingly, at no. 7 on the Billboard charts in 1992.

Seven appears as a number of spiritual completion and renewal across an astonishing variety of cultures, traditions, times and places.

In the yoga tradition, the human body contains seven primary chakras extending from the base of the spine to the crown of the head.

1. Root (survival, grounding)
2. Sacral (creativity, sexuality)
3. Solar plexus (will, power)
4. Heart (love, compassion)
5. Throat (communication, truth)
6. Third eye (intuition, insight)
7. Crown (union with the Absolute, enlightenment)

Dormant spiritual energy (Kundalini) is described as ascending through all seven chakras, culminating in complete union of the individual with the Divine at the crown of the head.

In the Gospel of Luke, Mary Magdalene is introduced as a woman from whom Jesus had cast out seven demons (Luke 8:2; Mark 16:9).

Following her deliverance, she became one of Jesus’ most devoted followers, accompanying Him throughout His ministry, witnessing His crucifixion, and becoming the first person to encounter the risen Christ.

In the Gospel of Matthew, Peter comes to Jesus and asks:

“Lord, how often shall my brother or sister sin against me, and I forgive him? Up to seven times”

Jesus said to him, “I tell you not seven times, but seventy times seven.” — Matthew 18:21–22

In elements of Jewish, Christian, and Islamic traditions, there is the belief in seven levels of heaven, with the “seventh heaven” regarded as the highest heaven of all.

In The Interior Castle, St. Teresa of Ávila describes the soul as a castle containing seven mansions, each representing a deeper stage of spiritual growth.

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I want to know God beyond words, ideology, stories, parables, dogma, and fleeting, superficial experiencesI want to know...
07/23/2026

I want to know God beyond words, ideology, stories, parables, dogma, and fleeting, superficial experiences

I want to know God the way an unborn child know its mother’s womb.

I want to know others who want to know God in the same way.

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5-Day Silent,
Digital Detox Retreat at the Abbey of Gethsemani
For Five People
with Brian Piergrossi

Phone-free
Screen-free
Social media-free

Nature
Meditation
Prayer

More info in bio
Registration deadline: Aug. 1st

We live in the loudest time in human history.If you live in any urban or even suburban area, you’re most likely exposed ...
07/15/2026

We live in the loudest time in human history.

If you live in any urban or even suburban area, you’re most likely exposed to the continuous, yet spontaneously alternating, sounds of cars whizzing by, planes and helicopters flying above you, sirens wailing, horns honking, leaf blowers, jackhammers, trains, subways, motorcycles, garbage trucks, and so forth.

Our cities have been increasingly designed for efficiently hauling consumer items and less designed for the quality of life of the human beings who consume them.

Restaurants and cafes often blast terrible low-vibration pop music so loud you can barely hear the person across the table talk.

In the average person’s home, the TV is on all day long with mindless, degenerate movies, reality TV, and cable news.

In 2026, however, most people are not outside, they’re not in a bar or restaurant, and they’re not watching TV.

They’re staring at their phones with earbuds on.
Blankly staring at “reels” and “stories,” where the noise level and the fast-paced editing continue to increase as the average person’s attention span continues to decrease.
I feel confident in stating there’s more talking and less listening in the world right now than at any other time in human history.

Everyone has the ability to express their uninformed opinion on anything under the sun 24/7 on social media.
With the millions of podcasts, news programs, and YouTube videos on every topic imaginable, you’d think we’d have it all figured out by now.

And yet, people seem more confused than ever!

With all the talk about air pollution, water pollution, and food pollution, no one talks about the modern form of pollution that may be the most damaging to the human soul of all.

Noise pollution.

The human body and the mind were never designed for this level of consistent noise.
The overwhelmed nervous system subconsciously enters into a chronic state of fight or flight, so common most people no longer know it’s there.

The body, the mind, and heart forget how to relax, ground, and center.

They can no longer drop into the interior silence of divine intelligence and wisdom.

If you study the great spiritual mystics and saints… (Cont. in comments)

07/06/2026

There’s an immature version of love and a mature version of love.
The immature version of love is defined as that which I strongly prefer.

I love chocolate ice cream.
I hate vanilla ice cream.

I love classic rock music.
I hate jazz music.

I love the New York Yankees.
I hate the Boston Red Sox.

You get the idea, right?

This is my preference. I’m very attached to it. I’m identified with it. This means I love it.

There is, however, a mature version of love that we’re invited to step into.

In the Bible, it says, “God is love.” And “we are made in the image of God.”
This means then that we are also, in fact, made in the image of love.

We’ve been intelligently designed from the very beginning to grow into the fullness of love.

Love, in the fullness of its maturity, however, is not about preference.
It’s actually about something far deeper.

To love means to care.
To pay attention.
To be present.
To notice.
To respond with the utmost intelligence, aliveness, and creativity, regardless of the circumstances, challenges, or difficulties.

We are called to love whoever, and whatever, we come into contact with, moment by moment.

This does not mean that we like everyone, or like everything. It does not mean that we no longer have preferences, or use discernment.

What it does mean is that whoever and whatever we come into contact with, we give our utmost care, presence, and attention to.

Whether it’s our family, a pet, a plant, a tree, a community of friends, a garden, or our own physical, mental, emotional, spiritual development.

To become fully human is to become an embodied channel for divine love.

We come to live in the presence of God more deeply, not just by knowing love conceptually, but by committing to embodying it in the here and now.

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