If I could wave my magic wand and give everybody on the planet three gifts that would change the world, one of those gifts would be a dedicated daily meditation practice (the other two, in case you’re curious, would be self-compassion and freedom from the myth of “I’m not [...]
[Back to How to stop stressing so you can change the world] Picture, if you will, a Catherine Wheel, that firework that spins around a stationary central hub and throws sparks in all directions. For many of us, that’s a great visual for what life is too often like. Spinning in high-speed [...]
Do you find yourself spinning wildly through your day, running at Mach 10 through your to-do list until you hit the end and think, where the hell did this day go? Mach 10 busyness is a function of how much we try to pack into our days, but it's also a function of habit. We're so used to [...]
Do you ever have one of those experiences where some total stranger pushes your button, and you work yourself up into a lather about what a complete jerk they are? And then later, with the objectivity of hindsight, you realize that maybe the problem wasn't so much them, but your story about them? [...]