From Date Night to Cold Showers: 20 Habits That Changed Readers' Lives
“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” If it’s good enough for Aristotle, it’s good enough for us....
Why Some People are Reluctant to be Self-Compassionate
There are many reasons why people may be low in self-compassion, the practice of treating oneself with kindness during hard times. In...
How to Stay Positive: 11 Smart Habits
It was over 10 years ago that I started to delve into this topic and to step by step – and while sometimes tumbling backwards – build a...
The Cost of Holding On
Let’s start with a story from Jon Muth’s book “Zen Shorts:” Two traveling monks reached a town where there was a young woman waiting to...
How to Set a New Year's Intention (Not Resolution)
It’s January, and that means I see bazillions of new meditators aiming to make a change at my studio, MNDFL. But here’s a statistic that...