Saturday, April 24 will mark 365 days of daily meditation for me. When this post is published, I will be just two days shy of that 1-year milestone. Last year around this […]
Meditation
Solitude, Crossing Paths, and Adaptability
Angela created this lovely audio meditation during a recent walk, which you can listen to here: (Listening time at 1x speed: ~13 minutes) Alternatively, the text of the audio is reprinted below, […]
7 Ways to Start Writing to Improve Your Productivity
Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Nancy Seibel. Even with the clearest of goals and intentions, I find that it’s all too easy to get distracted and end up accomplishing very […]
What Counts As Meditation?
People often ask me what about my morning routine. I usually answer that I meditate for 15–30 minutes before I do anything else, but that answer has always been tentative for me because what I mean may not be what people think when they think of meditation. For some, what I do may not “count” as meditation.
I wrote about this on Facebook a few weeks ago and it was the most popular thing I’ve shared in a while, so I figured you might want to see it, too.
Cultivate Your Truth, Cultivate Yourself
One of the reasons it’s important to speak and share your own truth is that it allows you to really hear and feel it in your bones. By “your truth,” I just […]
What I Believe
I believe … that we should measure our worth in lives changed rather than in dollars made. we each have something to contribute to the world and it’s our life’s work to […]
How to Flourish: 22 (More) Quotes on Living, Being, and Doing
“There is more to life than increasing its speed.” – Mahatma Ghandi “Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see.” – Arthur […]
This You
[display_podcast] [If you’re reading this via email or RSS, you may need to click through to listen to this short recording.] I recorded this last week as I was thinking about the […]
Smoke, Mirrors, and Lemonade
Having the skill to reframe experiences, perspectives, and statements is a powerful skill to have. It can help you get the most out of life, and it’s a critical skill to have […]
What if? (#2)
What if… We stopped waiting for permission to be content and started working towards it? We spent less time thinking of what we can’t do and more time just doing things that […]
How to Flourish: 17 Quotes On Living, Being, and Doing
“How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.” — Anne Frank (Tweet this.) “The mind can make a heaven out of hell or […]
Today Is Two Weeks From Two Weeks Ago
I tweeted this yesterday and it confused a lot of people. It’s cryptic, I know, and the first statement is also really obvious. But I’ll give the context so that we can […]
The World Will Always Begin At Your Feet
Once you’re there, you’ll have what you need. You’ll do great things and change the world. But now, you’re so small and powerless. At least that’s how it seems. No matter where […]
How to Mind Map Your Way Through Stuckness
Mind maps are a great tool for creative people, in that they are a very quick, natural way for us to get whatever is in our head out of there and on […]
What Will Make The Biggest Difference?
Without money, our minds struggle with the fears of tomorrow. Without time, we focus on doing only what we have to. Without energy, every additional straw feels like the last one. Without […]
What If?
What if… We cared as much about other people as we do about our pets? We spent the time we spend researching celebrities and athletes figuring out what makes our kids tick? […]
Failure Is an Opportunity
Failure is an opportunity. If you blame someone else there is no end to the blame. Therefore the Master fulfills her own obligations and corrects her own mistakes. She does what she […]
Build a Small Fire and Sit Close to It
This Friday’s meditation is an original in the Taoist spirit: Try to be everywhere, and you will find yourself nowhere. Try to be there for everyone, and you will be there for […]