by Lily Forester | Oct 28, 2021 | podcast, short episodes
Episode 351 Sorry is Power Many people see apologizing as a form of weakness. If a person apologizes, in some form they are admitting defeat. It does make sense to be careful about how we use apologies. If a person apologizes for everything, it is likely that they are...
by Lily Forester | Oct 27, 2021 | podcast, short episodes
Episode 350 An Open Chest When we feel saddened, depressed or heartbroken, our innate reaction might be to contract. We push our shoulders forward, covering our body – perhaps in order to feel safe, protecting what is hurting. However, this normally prevents us...
by Lily Forester | Oct 26, 2021 | podcast, short episodes
Episode 349 Bring People Together According to the idea of Dunbar’s number, we all have about 150 people that we know reasonably well – knowing their name, their profession, their interests. That means there are more than 11,000 combinations of friends we could...
by Lily Forester | Oct 25, 2021 | podcast, short episodes
Episode 348 Shades of Meaning Take a book off the shelf, and open it to the dedication. It’s normally something simple like “For my wife” or “For my father”. It is appropriate that a book should start with a dedication like this, because it is likely the most succinct...
by Lily Forester | Oct 21, 2021 | podcast, short episodes
Episode 346 Lovely to Hear from You Sometimes people might contact us after having left on bad terms, or perhaps they contact us in a difficult situation when it is hard to hear from them. If we have practiced patience and even-mindedness, when they call us we will be...
by Lily Forester | Oct 20, 2021 | podcast, short episodes
Episode 345 Feel the Food There is a certain aspect of our culture that expresses itself when we eat. Instead of taking our time to enjoy our food, we rush through it as if it is just another task to get through. There is a very old meditation that we can practice to...
