Reading Time: 5 minutesMeditation Doesn’t Mean Shutting Your Brain Up I used to think meditation meant forcing my brain to shut up. Turns out, my brain had other plans. In Part 1 of this series, I shared how the focus-on-the-breath-and-don’t-think method of meditation didn’t work for me—and why that didn’t mean I failed. Instead, I learned to befriend …
Reading Time: 5 minutesWhen Meditation Doesn’t Click A few years ago, I tried meditation. I read a basic book about meditation, and started focusing on my breath for ten minutes every morning. It didn’t work for me, so I quit after a month. Perhaps you’ve had the same experience? You may have also tried meditation in the past …
Reading Time: 5 minutesThe Problem: Our Compulsive Checking If you have a moment when you’re not doing anything, what do you do? Is your first instinct to reach for your phone? Many of us are addicted to social media on our phones. Everywhere I go, I see adults staring at their phones and scrolling. One study found that …
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAbout once a month I update my “What I’ve Been Doing Lately” page. This month I give one paragraph reviews of four books I’ve read in the last month, and share my personal love of soccer and watching Lionel Messi play for Inter Miami CF. Join me on my Updates page to see the latest.
Reading Time: 4 minutesWhen Your Task List Starts Running Your Life Many of us use task managers like Apple Reminders, Things, or Todoist. We open our task app hoping for clarity… and instead get a knot in our stomach. Instead of being a helpful tool, our task manager has become an unmerciful taskmaster. We feel pressure to get …
Reading Time: 5 minutesDo You Ever Wonder If What You Do Really Matters? A friend recently told me she doubted whether anything she did really mattered. I understood exactly how she felt. I write two blogs a week with the intention of helping others through my writing. But in most cases, I don’t know whether I’m helping anybody …
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe Balance Myth We’ve been sold a lie. From childhood, we were told to “find balance” in life—to give equal attention to every role of life: work, relationships, health, and personal growth. Then, self-help and business writers raised the bar. Not only should we balance it all, they said—we should excel in every area, all …
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAbout once a month, I refresh my website’s “Updates” page. It’s where I write about what I’ve been reading the past month, and other events in my life that readers might be interested in. This last month, I read four books, all on vastly different topics, and also went on a five-day trip to the …
Reading Time: 3 minutesLet’s Be Honest—We All Avoid Thinking About Death We all know it’s coming—our own death—but few of us ever stop to think about it. We change the subject, distract ourselves, or pretend it’s far away. Recently, my wife and I watched an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation where Commander Riker faced his own …