I don’t hate a lot, but I do hate two things: One is the NY Yankees, and the other is when people say, “It’s just semantics.” Sometimes,...

Here’s a fun and interesting practice my family stumbled across at Thanksgiving about ten years ago. You know how it’s common for people...

I’ll never understand how this didn’t end the whole thing. It is wild to me that this was not only NOT disqualifying but not even close...

I've been grappling with articulating why gratitude matters for a while, so let me see if I can pull it all together here. It seems to me...

Can you hear the metronome of life? It's like a heartbeat or our breath—in and out, constantly going back and forth. Nothing is more...

Exploring the essential role of Acceptance in emotional healing and future freedom. It's difficult sometimes to understand Acceptance,...

Understanding the Common Perspective There's an expression you've likely heard before: "The only way out is through." While commonly...

I am confident these words date me... For the kids, let me tell you, before the turn of the century, there was a television show called...

A valued mentor and teacher recently asked me to write what I might say if asked to give a commencement address. What would I tell...

When I talk to virtually anyone about the power and potency of mindfulness in increasing their performance, I get back the same tired...

Why You Shouldn’t Be Grateful The single biggest problem with the “gratitude industry” is the unexamined presupposition that you are...

It’s Just Semantics, Dude I don’t hate a lot, but I do hate two things: One is the NY Yankees, and the other is when people say, “It’s...

Part Five: The Paradox of Choice Exiting a plane on the tarmac feels cool in a 1950s retro kinda way. Up high on this movable staircase, ...

Part Four: The Paradox of Humility There’s a Steven Wright joke that goes something like, “If 4 or 5 people all tell you about some flaw...

Part Three: The Paradox of Being Present It's not a bug, it's a feature. A joke got started in computer programming circles back in 1975,...

Part Two: The Paradox of Acceptance The great Buddhist teacher, Thich Nhat Than tells this story: Once, there was a group of blind men...

Part One: This Sentence is False A Zen master and his disciple were walking by a lake at night. The master pointed to the moon reflected...

Ah, gratitude. That ever-popular buzzword in the world of wellness and self-improvement. You've probably heard all about the benefits of...

The Transformational Power of Promises It’s been said that insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different...