When changing diets, people rarely say “now I only eat cabbage, eggplants, and potatoes for dinner.” Rather, we hear them proclaim what they are. “I’m vegetarian.” Or, “I’m keto,” or…
When I was traveling to Costa Rica with my good friend, we had a 7-hour layover in Dallas. We were tired and decided to take a nap for a few…
The degree to which online media and apps suck our attention was made viscerally apparent to me several months ago after I finished my 10-day silent meditation retreat. Coming back…
One side makes the argument that technology is neutral, but it’s how we use it that defines us, i.e., you can use a hammer to pound a nail, or you can use…
I was in Thailand a few weeks ago and signed up to do a 5 day Vipassana retreat. The place was situated on the top of a mountain overlooking the…
An Alternative to Failed New Year’s Resolutions When I was eight (or maybe older…) I would invite my friends over and we’d spend a couple of hours creating an elaborate…
I’ve been meditating for 3 years almost daily and had the opportunity to attend a very challenging 10 day Vipassana retreat in India. I meditated for 10 hours a day…
In 1957 Charles Darwin’s grandson (Sir Charles Galton Darwin) wrote a piece about the upcoming “Age of Leisure” in a popular magazine at the time. He writes the following:…
Thoughts on the limits of technological utility There is a threshold to using our much-coveted technological advancements. When we cross this line of utility, we find that using the technology…
Meditation has been hands-down one of the biggest game-changers to improving my focus, productivity and self-reflection in the past 2 years. Daily meditation literally changes the grey matter in your brain, improves…
