Tag: Mindfulness
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Why I Changed My Mind About GLP-1 Medications
We all rely on gut hormones called GLP-1 and GIP to regulate hunger, blood sugar, and energy use. In a healthy system, these hormones signal when we are full, how glucose should be handled, and whether energy should be stored or released.
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Dopamine, Desire, and the Middle Way
We learn this pattern early. The holidays make it obvious. We stretch anticipation on purpose, counting days, hiding gifts, building suspense. Excitement lives in the waiting. There is warmth in that. But there is also a lesson absorbed quietly: happiness is something that comes later.
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Is the Pursuit of Wisdom on Your List?
As a culture, we rarely elevate wisdom. We celebrate knowledge, but more often we reward what is visible, measurable, and marketable. “Sexiest Man Alive.” Wealth. Productivity. Achievement. Influence. Followers. Titles. There is a prize for nearly every external marker of success.
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Have We Busied Ourselves Out of a Life?
We wear busyness as proof of importance. We confuse full calendars with full lives. Somewhere along the way, being busy stopped being a temporary condition and became an identity.
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What is a thought?
Given our thoughts become actions, it seems skillful to co sided our thought life – beginning with a simple question. What is a thought?
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OCD as Meditation Practice: When a Compulsion Becomes a Mantra
In the case of tracing a pattern in the carpet, the mind settles almost naturally. By meeting the movement with awareness rather than resistance, I can deepen my practice in real time. I am not pulled toward the experience or pushed away from it. The internal commentary quiets. What remains is direct contact with the…
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The Flip Side of Life
What happens when we stop replaying the same old tune Before streaming and playlists, we bought music on 45-rpm vinyl singles. The hit song lived on the A-side. The B-side wasn’t something you stumbled into. It didn’t play automatically.You had to physically flip the record over to hear it.And most of us rarely bothered. Yet…
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Your Mind and Unwelcome Guests
“The mind is not attacking us. It is doing exactly what it was built to do, rehearse old pain in the hope of preventing new pain. The freedom comes when we finally realize we do not have to invite every thought inside and give it the run of the house.”
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Metta: The Practice of Loving-Kindness
The Practice of Peace While Living in a Divided World When we talk about love, most of us think of affection, loving a person, a pet, or even a good meal. But metta, the Pali word for loving-kindness, points to something deeper. It isn’t the warmth we feel when life pleases us; it’s the deliberate cultivation of…
