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  • The Easiest Way Out of Rabbit Holes

    Whether or not you’ve read Alice in Wonderland, you’re almost certainly familiar with the expression, and the experience, of going down a rabbit hole. Generally, it means that you’ve become engrossed in a line of thinking or research to such an extent that you’re not able to come back to familiar territory – you’re a Read more

  • The Inner Game

    In my nearly 20 years as a coach who integrated mindfulness and coaching, I frequently made reference to a concept that I learned as a teenager: the inner game. I’d learned about the inner game from a wonderful, wonderful book called “The Inner Game of Tennis” by Timothy Gallwey. Published in 1974, exactly as I Read more

  • “just for One Day” Practices

    Late last year, I posted a series of “mindfulness quickies” – practices that could be done in 2 minutes or less. Today, I’m going to present some practices that are exactly one day long. Before I present some of these practices, I’d like to describe what I think is the ideal mindset with which to Read more

  • Thinking on Purpose

    Have you ever heard a child who has broken something or hurt someone exclaim “I didn’t do it on purpose”? That line is used as a kind of excuse, a justification suggesting that it was accidental, not intentional, and therefore the kid shouldn’t be punished for it. I’d like to apply that concept to the Read more

  • My New Year’s Intention

    It’s not quite the same thing as a New Year’s resolution, but a New Year’s intention is more open,  more flexible,  more spacious than the word resolution has room for. I hope you’ll join me in trading your resolutions for intentions. An intention leaves more room for false starts, wrong turns, and screwups. An intention Read more

  • A wandering Mind – Good or Bad?

    In 2010, an interesting headline appeared in hundreds of sources, including Scientific American and the National Institutes of Health: “A wandering mind is an unhappy mind”. In 2018, very different headlines, including one on the same National Institutes of Health website, read: “Mind Wandering Boosts Creativity”. What gives? Is mind wandering good or bad? A Read more