Ten Minutes
Committing to practicing being fully present with a single 10-minute block every day could be life changing. I know it has been for me.
Breakaway Matcha
Half Full
Our remarkable ability to self-repair is one of many useful byproducts of evolution. But we have to be “at peace” for these mechanisms to begin working.
Begin Again
If you find yourself lost in thought and can somehow become aware that you’re lost in thought, a decision to begin again instantly snaps you from your reverie and back into the present.
Placebo
Placebos are real, and we can use them to our advantage.
Pause
Short pauses, extended pauses ... both feel really good, and both are necessary.
Listen
Listening is magic. It's amazing what happens when you fully do it, and stop doing other things.
Eyes Open
When your eyes first open in the morning, what do you do?
Rapt
If we could just stay focused on the right things, our lives would stop feeling like a reaction to stuff that happens to us.
Using Matcha to "Predecide" Outcomes
There's a whole body of research on something called "implementation intention" -- a snoozer of a phrase if there ever was one. But it's relevant to us, bigtime.