Do you even recognize when you are overwhelmed? Or has it become the way you operate? Are you: in the future, anticipating what has to be done? worrying about how everything can possibly be done in the time allotted? confused as to what is priority to do with the time...
Where do emotions come from? Are they hard-wired reactions to what is going on around us? Do people and circumstances provoke the same emotions in everyone? What can we do to manage our emotions, so they don’t run us? Neuroscientist Lisa Feldman Barrett says that we...
An hour and 50 minutes of inspiring short films of people from all walks of life sharing how they have achieved the most important thing: self-discovery. UPDATE: the MORE series is available for free on YouTube! The MORE Series (A Mindful Choice production) from A...
In every lifetime, there comes a time when you realize there's got to be more . . . https://vimeo.com/192363253 A Mindful Choice - the movie is about people like you and me: stressed business people, a cancer patient, ballet dancers and writers, foster children and...
Have a lot of Pillows “Have a lot of pillows” What does that mean? What kind of wisdom could that possibly be? I heard an interview on Morning Edition on National Public Radio (npr) with DJ Khaled, speaker and author of “The Keys.” He explains that he comes up with...
Happy Holidays This time of year, do you celebrate holidays? From November through January, there are at least 30 holidays that are celebrated by world religions. Not to mention the characteristically American holiday of Thanksgiving. In 2016, the Christian...
Better Than Caffeine What could possibly be better than caffeine for productivity? Whether it is in your favorite style of coffee, diet Coke, Dr. Pepper, or an energy drink, it wakes you up, makes you more alert, gets you moving faster. All factors for greater...
Quit Trying to Change Yourself Compare the simple splendor of a rose in bloom with the tensions and restlessness of your daily life. The Rose The rose is perfectly content to be itself. There is not the slightest urge to be a peach blossom or a daffodil or a bird. It...
Is it time to make your New Years Resolutions and set your goals for the coming year? If you said NO!, this post is for you. If you said YES, this post is especially for you. The average person makes the same New Years resolution year after year after year. Why?...
Guayrapa, Spain Look who I found at the train station: Rafael and Dora from Phoenix! I arrived! Dining Hall Waiting for dinner Dish crew Kitchen staff and diners Morning Yoga Friends Entrance to Meeting Room Meeting Room My favorite spot View to meeting room from...