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Sorry is Power: Episode 351

Sorry is Power: Episode 351

Episode 351 Sorry is PowerMany 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...

An Open Chest: Episode 350

An Open Chest: Episode 350

Episode 350 An Open ChestWhen 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 from...

Bring People Together: Episode 349

Bring People Together: Episode 349

Episode 349 Bring People TogetherAccording 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 bring...

Shades of Meaning: Episode 348

Shades of Meaning: Episode 348

Episode 348 Shades of MeaningTake 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...

Lovely to Hear from You: Episode 346

Lovely to Hear from You: Episode 346

Episode 346 Lovely to Hear from YouSometimes 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...

Feel the Food: Episode 345

Feel the Food: Episode 345

Episode 345 Feel the FoodThere 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...

Direct to the Emotion: Episode 344

Direct to the Emotion: Episode 344

Episode 344 Direct to the EmotionWhen we begin to contemplate something that is going on in our lives, the initial impulse might be to think about the external situation. We might completely ignore that there are things going on inside us. Now, let us observe those...

Relax the Ego: Episode 343

Relax the Ego: Episode 343

Episode 343 Relax the EgoOften a memory will emerge in our heads that bothered us, thinking about something a former lover did, when we were accused of something, or when someone did something that seemed hypocritical. If we’re present, we might notice that we’re not...

Another Dawn: Episode 341

Another Dawn: Episode 341

Episode 341 Another DawnIn the song Esta Vida by Mexican band Tres De Copas, the group tell us what it’s like to see the sun peek through the window and be filled by the view of a beautiful dawn. Then in the third verse, they tell us again how good it feels to receive...

The Magic of the Market: Episode 340

The Magic of the Market: Episode 340

Episode 340 The Magic of the MarketWhen we enter a marketplace, either online or in person, we can see all kinds of objects - produce, prepared food, handicrafts that people have made in their own homes, fabricated items, chocolate, coffee, exotic fruit from foreign...

Equanimity: Episode 339

Equanimity: Episode 339

Episode 339 EquanimityIt’s not always easy to keep your cool. In this episode I demonstrate how to be cool feel cool and be cool all the while being cool cool is as cool does cool your chops and cool your heels cool down with a resfreshing cooling glass of cool....

Glad to Have Met You: Episode 338

Glad to Have Met You: Episode 338

Episode 338 Glad to Have Met YouIn many cultures, we have the habit of saying “nice to meet you” or even “it’s a pleasure to meet you.” We might say it as a formality, or we might bring out the meaning of those words deeply as we say them. As we get to know someone...

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