One of the pulmonary attendings I worked with during residency used to say, “The normal body knows how to breathe”. The body adjusts the rate and depth of the breath according to our physiological needs. Nothing for us to do. Fast forward several years and I’m in a meditation class trying to follow the simple instruction to keep my attention
Consider for a moment there’s something the world needs and you are the one to do it. You may already know what that something is and are on your way to making it happen. But if something is holding you back, read on. In previous posts, I wrote about how visioning and values may help you figure out what contribution
“Learning is the difficult work of experiencing incompetence on the way to mastery” –Seth Godin We’ve all been there. The pain of incompetence while learning a new skill. When we start off on the learning journey, it’s relatively easy to adopt a beginner’s mindset. We are enthusiastic and appreciate the freshness of the unknown territory. We don’t expect ourselves to
This has been a troubling week for most of us. As if the global SARS-CoV-2 pandemic wasn’t enough, most of us have now seen the video footage of the brutal death of a black man, George Floyd, by the force of a white police officer in Minneapolis last week. The reaction to this event has been filled with fear, pain,
