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Ninety minutes of WHAT?
I assisted at a weekend workshop recently. I’m a learning junkie, and part of the fun of assisting is the opportunity to jump into class activities when someone needs a partner for peer coaching. When...
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Losing, finding, and mastery
In search of being more grounded while I work, I’ve been trying out a mind-body approach called Somatic Learning. During a daylong workshop on the process, I felt as though years of habitual tension...
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Watching The Clock
Yesterday I joined the long line of museumgoers eager to see The Clock before it leaves San Francisco’s Museum of Modern Art (and to enjoy the museum before it closes for expansion). The Clock is a...
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How to be satisfied with a lot less chocolate
Break off a very small piece of chocolate.* Wait… don’t eat it yet!… hold it at a distance and admire its looks. (Especially fun with an engraved bar, like the ones from Dick Taylor.) Bring it to your...
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Seriously, what’s the rush?
I’m typing this with a cast on my arm. I fell on the stairs a few weeks ago and broke a finger. I was carrying bags in both hands, and hurrying. Don’t hurry on the stairs! On the injury spectrum, this...
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Check that critic!
I’m experimenting with a new way to manage the inner critic. (Happy to say it’s been more critic than doomsayer lately, but that nagging voice of doubt still saps my energy and efficiency.) I call this...
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The pleasure of putting away
“It’s time to take down the Christmas tree,” said my sister. “I don’t want you to take away the tree!” cried my nine-year-old niece, and she fled the room. My 12-year-old niece stayed in the living...
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A way to embrace uncertainty
I spent the weekend at the annual Wisdom 2.0 Conference, which looks at the role of mindfulness in the digital age. One of the most powerful sessions I attended was a breakout on discomfort as a path...
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An easy way to make driving more pleasant
Driving provides all kinds of excuses to get annoyed. I’m appalled by people who cut in without signaling, weave between cars, don’t leave space to change lanes. Each of us is the hero of our own...
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Why the best thing for your work could be…sitting up
Sure, slouching is bad for your back and neck—you knew that. Now a study suggests it may also affect how you feel about the very thing you’re working on. The researchers found that people who slumped...
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