7 Good Minutes

You're walking out of school pickup with a backpack in each hand when another parent asks if you could run the bake sale table on Saturday. Everything in you says no. You hear yourself say, "Sure, no ...

28 Loka 5min

Some nights you drift off without a problem. On others, a sudden kick wakes you just as you’re getting there. If you can’t see why those nights differ, this short exercise gives you a way to look.For ...

27 Loka 2min

The kids are finally down. Your body starts to go heavy, and then your leg kicks as if you missed a step. The jolt is over in a second. The question it leaves behind — is something wrong with me? — ca...

27 Loka 6min

You already know the five-second exchange that ruins an evening — the sharp comment, the sigh, the clipped reply that's still running hours later. This episode is the practical half: what to actually ...

26 Loka 1min

A manager snaps at you in a hallway. A stranger sighs at you in a checkout line. It lasts five seconds, and you know it probably has nothing to do with you — but hours later, walking through your own ...

26 Loka 7min

If a birthday, a free Saturday, or the first day of a trip has felt thinner than you expected, you may have caught yourself checking whether you're happy enough.In this episode, I walk through Drop th...

25 Loka 1min

You've planned a good moment, maybe a birthday, a holiday morning, or a trip you saved up for, and when it arrives, something feels off. A quiet question shows up: is this as good as it should be? Tha...

25 Loka 5min

If the good things in your life keep waiting for a better time, here's a simple weekly practice to change that: the Short-Horizon Question.Once a week, at a set time, you ask yourself one question abo...

24 Loka 1min