Archive for August 2017

Everyone wants the best for other people. But despite these good intentions, it’s easy to make a critical mistake: projecting your thoughts about what makes a good life onto others. Thoughts like “Tim should be on time,” or “Rose should listen to me more closely,”  often come from a place of love. You perceive certain qualities or…

“Write like your life depends on it, because it does,” Debbie Millman advised. Millman, a renowned designer, podcast host, and educator, was describing an unconventional writing exercise that her students complete each year. This exercise is a staple of her teaching, since it has proved transformational in her own life. In July of 2005, Millman…

The mind is a judging machine. Everything that we experience is filtered, categorized, and dealt with in some automatic way. Some things are judged as “good”, so we grasp for more, and cling to what we have. Other things are judged as “bad”, so we hide, resist, and run away from them. And everything else? That’s judged…

I really like food. Chances are, you do to. But the other day, I was struck by a contradiction: For as much as people love food, most hardly ever eat! It’s true that you consume various food and drink every day. But how often is your mind present to the physical act of eating and drinking? How often…