The greatest gift you can give anyone is your presence. And the second greatest is…
Tag: Mental Health
If you read history, it is abundantly clear that mental health issues have always plagued…
The inner man or woman — who we are independent of circumstance—gets exposed in times…
Today I want to share a short clip I transcribed in which navy seal and…
A brother came to Abba Poemen and said, “Abba, a variety of thoughts are coming…
I identify as a night owl. The evenings are when I tend to be most…
Any year the word “pandemic” is among the most popular search terms in Google, you…
Below is my favorite poem, written by Elia Abu Madi. I’ve translated some of my…
Fasting is like working out. You break yourself down to build yourself up even stronger.…
Material progress doesn’t make us happier. If it did, the ancients must have been a…
The pandemic has prompted a surge in cooking as people spend more time at home…
The lion does not say to the rabbit with a broken leg, “I will come…
It’s been a while since I’ve transcribed any new material, but I recently came across…
The conversation among students of a foreign language usually centers on topics such as grammar,…
Do you value your dreams? I’m not talking about your life goals and aspirations—which are…
Today I want to share an easy yet powerful technique to improve mental health. It’s…
When I was a kid, I always identified with the hero in movies. Nothing could…
Opinions are a dime a dozen, and they change at the drop of a hat.…
The purpose of vacation is emotional rejuvenation. The idea is for an individual to take…
In the documentary Becoming Warren Buffet, Bill Gates’s father asked Buffet and his son to…
We all stand to gain from greater self-confidence. Self-confidence affects our work, relationships, mental health…
No school system is perfect, and if you’re like me, you have many thoughts on…
There’s a famous segment on SportsCenter entitled “Why We Love Sports.” It consists of inspiring…
Imagine the difference it would make if you could totally eliminate anxiety from your life.…
Conflict is an inevitable fact of human affairs. A life without interpersonal conflict is no…
Every morning I wake up to the sound of a parakeet serenading the world from…
Today’s post is a contribution from my friend Souad Tello, who is a Syrian refugee…
Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.
People tend to think of meditation and exercise as contrasting experiences. When you meditate, you…
We possess the keys to the prisons that hold us captive.
Recall a few of the most beautiful experiences of your life. Maybe your wedding day…
The benefits of fasting are myriad. And many of them are backed by research. But…
Remember that sometimes not getting what you want is a wonderful stroke of luck. Dalai…
Your terrible job is the dream of every unemployed. Your house is the dream of every homeless. Your smile is the dream of the depressed. Your health is the dream of the ill. Your lifestyle is the dream of somebody else. Don’t let difficult times make you forget your blessings.
I updated the introduction to this article on 10/1/2021, to reflect my most current perspective…
The phoenix in Greek mythology is a bird that periodically died and came back to…
How many times have we reacted in the heat of the moment and lived to…
In my last article, I made the case that deep breathing is the ultimate self-control.…
Stress disrupts a physical process as fundamental to life as breathing. When human beings get…
I think everybody should get rich and famous and do everything they ever dreamed of so they can see that it’s not the answer.
I talk a lot about sleep on this site because sleep is vital for human…
Take someone who doesn’t keep score, who’s not looking to be richer, or afraid of losing, who has not the slightest interest even in his own personality: he’s free.
Even experienced meditators can’t always articulate how meditation works. I used to fall in that…
Ignore those that make you fearful and sad, that degrade you back towards disease and death.
Fighting reality only creates suffering. While pain is inevitable in life, suffering is optional. And suffering is what happens when we refuse to accept the pain in our lives.
I define greatness as the joy of self-mastery, which is commonly termed fulfillment. How often…
Most people see helping others as a necessary but undesirable fact of community life. We…
He suffers more than necessary, who suffers before it is necessary.
If you really want to escape the things that harass you, what you’re needing is not to be in a different place but to be a different person.
There are few things in daily life I resent more than trying to fall asleep…
Man is affected not by events but by the view he takes of them.
They lose the day in expectation of the night, and the night in fear of the dawn.
Per his Wikipedia page, Jordan Peterson is a Canadian clinical psychologist and a professor of…
The most important conversation you will ever have is the conversation you have with yourself.
Music is the quickest way to induce feelings of happiness, sadness, anger, or excitement. Today…
When there is no enemy within, the enemy outside can do you no harm.
Light is one of the most important factors influencing sleep quality. Our body naturally regulates…
Forgive yourself for not knowing then what you know now.
According to recent data from the World Happiness Report and General Social Survey (link), Americans…
