How To Focus On The Process
The outcome is the obstacle. When fixation on the desired outcome obscures focus on the task at hand, errors occur. Conversely, if our actions are not clouded by oversight, but executed with care, lightheartedness, and undivided attention, then we travel a much...
Mindfulness And Distraction: The Gardener Removes The Weeds
The essence of mindfulness is to shine as much awareness onto each moment as possible, and to notice the stimuli in our immediate surroundings. This beholding of the present moment, cupped precariously in our hands like water from a spring, is the closest we’ll ever...
How To Care Less About What Others Think Of You
There’s nothing quite like the flames of adversity for forging new realizations about oneself. I’m writing this shortly after emerging from one of my job’s peak periods. It wasn’t my first of these short bursts of high intensity and pressure. It was a period of about...
The Eightfold Path: Guidance For Life’s Challenges
According to legend, the Buddha started out in life as the wealthy prince Siddhartha. His father, the king, indulged him in every luxury imaginable while keeping all signs of human suffering hidden away from him, outside the palace walls. But one day, Siddhartha went...
What Is Mindfulness? An Introduction & 3 Essential Practices
“Mindfulness isn’t difficult,” writes Sharon Salzberg, author of Real Happiness: The Power of Attention, “we just need to remember to do it.” Both statements are true. Mindfulness isn’t difficult. And we need to remember to do it. We need to remember to practice...
How To Practice Stoicism: An Introduction & 12 Stoic Practices
Stoicism is misunderstood. Unlike a common usage of the word ‘stoic’, Stoicism is not an emotionless, white-knuckled bearing of hardships. So, what is Stoicism? How can you practice Stoicism in daily life? Stoicism is not just a philosophy. It’s an experiential...
How To Breathe With Intention To Reduce Stress
It sounds funny to talk about ‘discovering breathing’ since we have all done it from the moment of birth. But breathing is like dreaming. It yields its spiritual treasure only when we practice the unnatural discipline of bringing into consciousness what has normally remained unconscious. The beauty of experimenting with intentional breathing is that it requires no belief, no faith, no dogma, no authority…
Your Core Values: Turning Good Intentions Into Good Results
There is no inertia or silent study with the Stoic virtue of Wisdom. The Stoics taught that Wisdom is about knowing things so that we can do the right things. What good is virtue at all if we’re stuck at home with it? What good is it to have silent, inactive values...
Non-Attachment: Breaking The Four Categories Of Attachment – Part 2
The following is part two of a two-part piece on the four categories of attachment and how we can begin to foster non-attachment to alleviate suffering. Click here to read part one. The third of the four categories of attachment: opinions and views The world is in a...
Life Untethered: Breaking The Four Categories Of Attachment – Part 1
The phrase ‘if you love something, set it free’ is used almost exclusively by the speaker to refer to another person. But why don’t we use this phrase on ourselves? We don’t usually think of setting ourselves free, probably because we don’t perceive ourselves as being...
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