Embracing the Things We Don’t Like
How much time do you spend running away from things you don’t like? Green veggies may come to mind, or a specific task at work. This weekend, try instead to turn toward things you usually avoid and ap...
3 Jul 20204min
If Enlightenment Happens, You Won’t Miss It
We get a lot of questions about journaling during a meditation. A lot of thoughts pop up during meditation — they could be creative or insightful. And we may want to remember them. But stopping your m...
2 Jul 20205min
New Quarantine Skill: Juggling
Are you in the process of learning something new? Or are you quitting a new skill before you’ve really learned it because you think you’re bad at it? If you have these thoughts when you’re learning so...
1 Jul 20205min
Having Scary Thoughts
Sometimes, thoughts that really scare us can arise. And if there is the chance of immediate harm for you or someone around you, please seek medical attention as quickly as possible. But for other scar...
30 Jun 20205min
The Spectacular Now
Not too long ago, Andy helped Cookie Monster out while he was waiting for his latest batch of cookies to bake. And while you may not be a cookie monster, you may often find yourself waiting for someth...
29 Jun 20204min
You Don’t Have to Know It All
We often feel the need to know everything about our lives and ourselves. We want to know everything that happens next. That need for control can lead to a lot of anxiety. If you have someone on your m...
26 Jun 20205min
Expert Single-Tasker
We only have so much energy in our lives. If we channel it into the wrong things, including multi-tasking, we find that time flies by but we aren’t sure how we spent it or what we got accomplished. Wh...
25 Jun 20204min
Today, We’re Going to Talk About Death
There is an exercise in the monastery where every evening, the monks and nuns acknowledge the fact that one day, we will die. Not in a morbid or sad way, but in a way that helps us appreciate each and...
24 Jun 20204min
