Mindfulness

Lessons from a Buddhist monk

There are 3 layers to a moment: Your experience, your awareness of the experience, and your story about the experience. Be mindful of the story.
January 21 Mindfulness

An exercise in freedom

See your concentration, this opportunity to sit here with your mind quiet, as an exercise in freedom.
July 04 Mindfulness

Attention and identity

I loved this interview with poet David Whyte. One refreshing and insightful perspective on life and the self after another, all communicated with his beautiful use of language.
April 16 Mindfulness

#NOMO

Forget #FOMO. Our mental health requires #NOMO.
February 25 Mindfulness

Holding space for yourself

The modern world has trained us to binge eat other peoples ideas. Yet to dive deep into generative creative work, we must set aside real space for ourselves.
January 15 Mindfulness

The work that awe requires

Aesthetic beauty is as much about how and whether you look, as what you see. From the quark to the supernova, the wonders do not cease. It is our attentiveness that is in short supply. Our ability and willingness to do the work that awe requires.
November 02 Mindfulness

Time passes

What kind of person are you becoming?
October 21 Mindfulness