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May 29, 2015
Letting Go of Hopeful Remnants
A friend of mine who is 70-years-old and very fit, talented, and successful has male pattern baldness--the hair line recedes until there is only a ring of hair left around the bottom of the head. One of my professors in graduate school had it and he would let his red hair grow long....The post Letting Go of Hopeful Remnants appeared first on Mindfulness Matters.
May 27, 2015
Mindful America: Are You Part of the Movement?
I have just finished reading Jeff Wilson's The post Mindful America: Are You Part of the Movement? appeared first on Mindfulness Matters.
May 23, 2015
Introvert Overload: Redefining Rest
The other day I had an unusual Thursday. My typical Thursday involves an afternoon of clinical practice. This particular Thursday, in addition to my clinical hours I had a number of extra-curricular activities. It was a concatenation of extrovert-like activities intensified in a day.First, I volunteered to man the booth for the Coaching Center of Vermont at...
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May 18, 2015
Alone Time Requires Skill, Courage, and Planning
I read an interesting piece on spending time alone recently by Cassandra Bodzak. In a culture dominated by extrovert values, being alone might seem like alien territory and mostly to be avoided. Introverts crave it, but everyone needs it.
Meditation gives us a chance to be alone with ourselves for at least a little while and this is, perhaps, why meditation is growing in popularity--it is...
Meditation gives us a chance to be alone with ourselves for at least a little while and this is, perhaps, why meditation is growing in popularity--it is...
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May 15, 2015
Protect and renew your energy as seen on Oprah.com from the Awakened Introvert
I am pleased to share that Oprah.com has published an excerpt from The Awakened Introvert.It's on the "Shift Your Life" section of Oprah that provides interactive ways to make changes in...
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May 12, 2015
Conversationally-Induced Comas
A recent cartoon in The New Yorker portrays a couple having coffee on a sidewalk cafe. The female member of the couple is lying prostrate in her chair, being attended to by EMTs. One EMT says to the other, "She's in a conversationally induced coma." Can you relate?This cartoon is...
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May 4, 2015
Be Mindful and Be Lovely
It is always a joy to discover a new poem that captures the spirt of mindful living.The late poet Galway Kinnell said, “To me, poetry is somebody standing up, so to speak, and saying, with as little concealment as possible, what it is for him or her to be on...
May 2, 2015
The Awakened Introvert on the Radio
I had the pleasure, again, of being Mark Johnson's guest on WDEV for his morning call-in radio program. Mark and I connect as fellow introverts. Click here to listen to the show.We talked about the differences between...
April 30, 2015
Louis CK Teaches Buddhadharma
I was recently turned on to Louis CK's epistle on cell phones during an appearance with Conan O'Brian.
Louis CK is very funny and he captures the sense of infomania that afflicts so many of us. We turn to our devices to avert the raw feelings of life.
His insights are very consistent with the Buddha's teachings on aversion, one of the three fires.
I’m getting sad; I’ve got to get the phone and write “hi” to fifty people ... I started reaching for the phone and then I said,...
Louis CK is very funny and he captures the sense of infomania that afflicts so many of us. We turn to our devices to avert the raw feelings of life.
His insights are very consistent with the Buddha's teachings on aversion, one of the three fires.
I’m getting sad; I’ve got to get the phone and write “hi” to fifty people ... I started reaching for the phone and then I said,...
April 28, 2015
Love the Inside of Your Own Head and Be Free
I recently read Abigail Thomas's new book, What Comes Next and How to Like It. It's a poetic reflection on a lifelong friendship and life itself. You can read it, as I did, on the span of an airplane ride.After the death of her husband,...
