How to Be Soft in a Harsh World
Someone cut in front of me in the queue today.
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We Don’t Have to Be Loud to Be Great
This isn’t a football story.
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Why Are We So Resistant to Looking After Ourselves?
We know what helps.
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Why You Can’t Fully Relax Until Everything Is Done
The list is never-ending.
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June 2025

The Nervous System Learns Through Experience, Not Theory
You can’t think your way into calm
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Are We Really Tired, or Just Thinking Too Much?
Burnout doesn’t always come from doing too much.
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Why Doing Something Different Each Day Matters
Ever noticed how easy it is to fall into the same rhythm?
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The Purpose Problem
We spend years chasing goals.
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Loneliness Awareness Week...
And while we often talk about loneliness as a social issue
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Why You Can’t Make a Decision (Even When It’s Clear)
Sometimes the answer is right there.
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What is Transcendental Meditation(TM) in less than 60 seconds?
TM uses mantra that has qualities established in stillness by thinking it easily and effortlessly it naturally takes you there.
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We don't mind thoughts..
We sit to find stillness but the mind starts listing everything we haven’t done.
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