Catherine Burns, artistic director at The Moth, shares what she has learned about the art of storytelling. Source: How to Break Free from the Stories We Tell Ourselves
How to Break Free from the Stories We Tell Ourselves
Here’s The Definitive Method To Cooking Eggs In A Pan That Will Make Them Taste Amazing
From cracking to cooking to eating, Adam Ragusea covers every single detail that you need to know about eggs — and how to make the basics. Source: Here’s The Definitive Method To Cooking Eggs In A Pan That Will Make Them Taste Amazing | Digg
What Is Stoicism? A Definition & 9 Stoic Exercises To Get You Started
For those of us who live our lives in the real world, there is one branch of philosophy created just for us: Stoicism. It’s a philosophy designed to make us more resilient, happier, more virtuous and more wise–and as a result, better people, better parents and better professionals. Source: What Is Stoicism? A Definition & 9 Stoic Exercises To Get You Started
Want to go deeper? Check out this summary of Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations…
Brian Johnson offer’s a great overview here but you have to create a free account…
To Flourish, Humans Are Motivated by Four Universal Needs
Are you satisfying these needs at work? Could you? Source: To Flourish, Humans Are Motivated by Four Universal Needs
The Help That Never Came
The pandemic’s lockdowns and school closures put parents under unprecedented pressure—and moms, not dads, took the strain. Source: The Help That Never Came
Clean your windows
I love the thinking that Karl curates on his blog. I recommend you follow his site and go there often…
When you are upset, your window is blurred. And…you’re going to straighten out all the buildings just because your window is blurred with the rain?
Could we clean our windows first?
We see people not as they are, but as we are. And it’s amazing how in the beginning we saw people as rude; then when we change, we see frightened people. They are so scared that they’re driven to hostility. Then you are understanding, you are compassionate, whereas before you’d react with anger, with hate.
Anthony De Mello, sj.
If nothing saves us from death
If nothing saves us from death,
may love at least
save us from life.
Pablo Neruda
I found this quote on Karl Duffy’s blog. Follow him for more of the same…
Stop drinking, keep reading, look after your hearing: a neurologist’s tips for fighting memory loss and Alzheimer’s
When does forgetfulness become something more serious? And how can we delay or even prevent that change? We talk to brain expert Richard Restak: Stop drinking, keep reading, look after your hearing: a neurologist’s tips for fighting memory loss and Alzheimer’s
The Swedish philosophy of lagom: how “just enough” is all you need
Just because a thing is good doesn’t mean that you need more of it. “Lagom” teaches us to appreciate that “just enough” is all we need. Source: The Swedish philosophy of lagom: how “just enough” is all you need
10 Things You Shouldn’t Do to Your Cat
Make sure your cat is happier by avoiding these common mistakes. Source: 10 Things You Shouldn’t Do to Your Cat
Estrangement: The Silent Epidemic
Despite its prevalence, stigma and shame can exacerbate the pain and loss. Source: Estrangement: The Silent Epidemic
The Most Important Skill Set in Mental Health
55,000 studies reveal three pillars of psychological flexibility. Source: The Most Important Skill Set in Mental Health
Xanadu
Of course I had a crush on ONJ for most of my life. Didn’t you? What’s not to love? Here she is in the oft overlooked roller derby disco fantasy Xanadu — ONJ at her very best…
Bonus: Farewell ONJ. Why we honestly loved her…
The Secret to a Meaningful Life is Simpler Than You Think
Unhappy people fail to recognize what matters, instead becoming overly focused on what they believe is missing from their existence: The Secret to a Meaningful Life is Simpler Than You Think
The One Subject You Really Need to Study: Your Own Childhood
Want more? Try this…
How Flexible Thinking Leads to Greater Happiness
Me? I used to be a very black and white thinker and it make me miserable. It was only when I started to ‘think in the gray’ that life became much better. Use these strategies to feel happier. Source: How Flexible Thinking Leads to Greater Happiness
Relax the fist
I like this thought and this blog…
I hope you can live your life with slightly less firmly clenched fists and slightly more open hands. Slightly less control. Slightly more trust. Slightly less I need to know everything beforehand. Slightly more take life as it comes. It does all of us a world of good. Life doesn’t have to be lived with constant anxiety about things not turning out the way we want. We don’t have to make ourselves smaller than we are. We have a choice. Do we want to grab life by he throat or do we want to embrace it?
Relax that fist as often as you can.
Bjorn Natthiko Lindeblad, I May be Wrong, and other wisdoms from life as a Forest Monk.
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