#358 – Why meditate?Is your brain your most valuable asset? Then, you need to keep it "well-oiled" and reliable. How? Meditating.I took the Transcendental Meditation course in October of 2023, after listening to Christine McKenna's and David Lynch's...
#357 – What wants you to keep your blinders on?When you don't see, you can still pretend there's nothing wrong, that you're doing great in life and, if anything, it's others who're at fault.Almost two weeks ago, I received a legal document related to...
#356 – When do you know it's time to quit?Sometimes, the reasons to stay invested in something––a project, a relationship, an activity––don't outweigh the reasons to quit. Yet we stay because:Sunk costs: "after all the work I've put in this"Status qu...
#355 – When do you decide to quit?If every decision you make is triggered by what happened in your brain in the seconds and minutes before it, you won't be able to will-power through the moment when Resistance comes knocking. Without a non-quitting p...
#354 – What will you gain when you stop owning what's not yours?The line where your responsibility ends and other people's response to your actions begins protects your freedom––and by extension, theirs.Let's say your words caused an unexpected...
#353 – How does forgiveness improve your health?If "revenge is a dish best served cold," it may be time you switch to warm foods.Neurobiological studies show that revenge produces a dopamine surge in the brain. It feels good, exciting, sweet. We...
#352 – How will curiosity set you free from Ego-based anxiety?Your Ego demands answers. And when it can't get them––which is practically always––it spirals into fear, obsession, anxiety, dragging you down with it.That's what I was feeling last n...
#351 – Why does your Ego love "us/them" thinkingThinking in terms of us vs. them can feel protective in uncertain times.The narrative goes like this:We––people like me––are the good ones. They––people not like me––are the bad ones. Therefore, We dese...
#350 – What does seeing the gift in everything really mean?When was the last time you politely accepted a present but then frantically tried to return it or even re-gift it?Well, life is like that sometimes.Take me, for example. When I was born,...
#349 – What happens when you see a gift in everything?We tend to be quite close-minded about the gifts life gives us. If we have a baby and he's healthy and perfect, with rosy cheeks and incredibly detailed miniature fingers and fingernails, we...