Practicing Human

Concentration is a happiness superpower, useful in both good and bad times. In this episode, we'll discuss why concentration is so powerful and how to practice employing it in your life. As always, if you'd like to get free access to my resource library, including guided meditations, book recommendations, app recommendations, and more, text your email address to: +1 (631) 337-8298

There is a part of you that is inherently peaceful. In the meditation traditions, we call this "Big Mind." In this episode, I'll share a quote by the great teacher Ajahn Chah that will help us connect to this deeper quality of peace within us. As always, if you'd like to get free access to my resource library, including guided meditations, book recommendations, app recommendati...

Reports in Northern India suggest that people are able to see the Himalayan mountain tops for the first time in 30 years. Why? With shelter-in-place, there's less pollution. In this episode, we explore the different ways we're coming back into balance. As always, if you'd like to get free access to my resource library, including guided meditations, book recommendations, app recommen...

Did you know there's a specific way you should perform acts of kindness? In this episode, I'll share an interesting study that shows you how to and how NOT to do acts of kindness. As always, if you'd like to get free access to my resource library, including guided meditations, book recommendations, app recommendations, and more, text your email address to: +1 (631) 337-8298

“When you plant seeds in the garden, you don’t dig them up every day to see if they have sprouted yet. You simply water them and clear away the weeds; you know that the seeds will grow in time. Similarly, just do your daily practice and cultivate mindfulness. Abandon impatience and instead be content creating the causes for goodness; the results will come when they’re ready.”    As always, if you&...

Do you struggle waking up in the morning? Here's a simple technique to help you out.

What if there was a better way to dwell? In this episode, we'll discuss a new kind of rumination. As always, if you'd like to get free access to my resource library, including guided meditations, book recommendations, app recommendations, and more, text your email address to: +1 (631) 337-8298

Life has been disrupted. You might have more free time. Should you work harder or rest harder? Let's discuss. As always, if you'd like to get free access to my resource library, including guided meditations, book recommendations, app recommendations, and more, text your email address to: +1 (631) 337-8298

Periods of disruption are great opportunities for creating new habits. In this episode, we discuss why. As always, if you'd like to get free access to my resource library, including guided meditations, book recommendations, app recommendations, and more, text your email address to: +1 (631) 337-8298

Why not just distract yourself from the stressors of life? Is that a bad thing to do? In this episode, we'll discuss the nuances of distraction and presence. As always, if you'd like to get free access to my resource library, including guided meditations, book recommendations, app recommendations, and more, text your email address to: +1 (631) 337-8298

Destruction leads to opportunity. This podcast is your invitation to think bigger, and more positively, about what the next step can look like.

Big change illuminates where we are still attached to the way we think things should be. Attachment is the root of all suffering. Where are you still holding on and what do you need to let go of?

Don't forget to find the small joys.

Many of us are spending more time with ourselves these days. In this episode, we discuss why this is a wonderful opportunity for reconnection...with yourself.

In this episode, we discuss the importance of welcoming more parts of yourself into your awareness, and why I think this is key for our wellbeing.

In this episode, we discuss how to embrace more aspects of the human experience, and how it can help us move beyond our small, limited self.

There's a sweet spot between ultimate calm and ultimate anxiety that enables to get done what we need to get done. Where is that for you? In this episode, we'll discuss how to find that.

Is there a silver lining to this pandemic? How might this be healing us in ways we didn't anticipate? 

In this episode, we continue to discuss how to work with living in the age of COVID-19. There is a simple mind trick we can use to feel more empowered in the face of difficulty and uncertainty. As always, if you'd like to get free access to my resource library, including guided meditations, book recommendations, app recommendations, and more, text your email address to: +1 (631) 337-8298

In this episode, we discuss how fear can be a transformative experience if we know how to relate to it.

There are a lot of fears surrounding COVID-19. Many of these fears are warranted. How can we honor and respond to the reality of crisis, while still remaining grounded? We discuss this and more in today's episode. As always, if you'd like to get free access to my resource library, including guided meditations, book recommendations, app recommendations, and more, text your email address t...

In this episode, we discuss two general approaches to happiness, and why we tend to favor one over the other. As always, if you'd like to get free access to my resource library, including guided meditations, book recommendations, app recommendations, and more, text your email address to: +1 (631) 337-8298

When will enough be enough? How will you know when you will get what you're trying to get? Let's discuss.

Is it possible to know what to do for the rest of your life? In this episode, I share some thoughts on "finding your passion" and planning out your life. As always, if you'd like to get free access to my resource library, including guided meditations, book recommendations, app recommendations, and more, text your email address to: +1 (631) 337-8298

What do we do when we no longer have our option A? That's what we discuss in this episode. As always, if you'd like to get free access to my resource library, including guided meditations, book recommendations, app recommendations, and more, text your email address to: +1 (631) 337-8298