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“Have a nice day” – how about even 45 minutes?
It was one of THOSE days. Nothing overly disastrous. Just little glitches and annoyances, one after the other, with glimmers of gladness and goodness before the next wave of yuck. […]
Bouquets to Art; Deep Bows to Creativity
I recently walked through the Bouquets to Art exhibit at the De Young Museum in San Francisco, an annual festival of local florists, garden clubs, landscape architects, etc. each creating […]
A Shared Moment of “Wow!”
As the final notes of a public performance of Mozart’s Masonic Funeral music faded away, into the deep silence came an audible “Wow!” And that “wow” was from Ronan Mattin, […]
Gratitude – Not Because We Should, But Because We CAN
One of those freaky, terrifying moments. Driving late at night on a dark country road. I’m fine in my lane. Another car makes too wide of a turn from an […]
Being Thankful for Everything That Is Going More than All Right
I love the practice – being thankful for everything that is going more than all right. I learned it from James Baraz, my meditation teacher of 20 years, who used […]
Gratitude for the Web of Life
I meant to put eye drops in my eye, but late at night I accidentally grabbed a bottle of ear wax removal from the medicine cabinet. The first agonizing seconds […]
Remembering What Really Matters Strengthens Our Resilience
As we learned in this interview with Jonah Paquette, moments of awe can act as a muse to our resilience. Here’s a practice for cultivating awe from the book Resilience. […]
Cultivating Awe is Awesome for the Brain
As we strengthen our resilience by learning to manage difficult, negative emotions, it’s just as important to amplify the positive emotions that shift our brain functioning out of contraction and […]
Giving Thanks – for Losses and Lessons
[Today is Thanksgiving Day in the United States. I have my own special reasons for being deeply, deeply thankful.] When I arrived in the Bahamas two Thursdays ago to teach […]