Resources for focus, attention, and discipline
"Every action you take is a vote for the type of person you wish to become. No single instance will transform your beliefs, but as the votes build up, so…
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March 19, 2024
Resources for career changes and decisions
Videos Sep 23, 2022 | Finding Fulfillment at Work | Michael Singer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONOc19yM5wY 2019-09-04 | Is It Time To Change Jobs? The Freedom To Enjoy Life | Eckhart Tolle https://youtu.be/MvuKmLVJlXw…
September 29, 2022
Resources for help overcoming addiction
Books In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts (Gabor Mate) https://read.amazon.com/kp/card?asin=B004ZZMBH6&preview=inline&linkCode=kpe&ref_=cm_sw_r_kb_dp_TSSR109NGTRWRPWN84TE&tag=metaforest-20 Dopamine Nation (Anna Lembke) The Craving Mind (Judson Brewer) https://read.amazon.com/kp/card?asin=B06VSPVRQQ&preview=inline&linkCode=kpe&ref_=cm_sw_r_kb_dp_PDQE8CPGV1K7XMAW5GEH&tag=metaforest-20 Videos 2021-08-16 | Dr. Anna Lembke: Understanding & Treating Addiction…
September 9, 2022
Resources for finding purpose and meaning
I’d like to preface this by saying that books such as these are no guarantee to immediately finding your purpose or calling. Doing so is not usually a small…
March 6, 2022
Healing vs fixing
“If you desire healing, let yourself fall ill, let yourself fall ill.”Rumi It’s not uncommon to hear clients use the word “fix” in session, often said with some amount of…
February 24, 2022
Wilderness fast #2
In a previous post I wrote about my first attempt at fasting for longer than a day. It ended up being 70 hours. For the first 1 or 2 days…
July 18, 2021
A beginner’s mind’s understanding of “beginner’s mind”
"In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert's mind there are few."Shunryu Suzuki This is one of the first lines (maybe even the first) from the…
June 22, 2021
What the mind forgets in challenging times
"The wound is the place where the light enters."Rumi This simple quote is a great pointer for handling pain, struggle, and difficult times. Our thinking mind's job is to prevent…
June 20, 2021
Battles of authentic belonging
"To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best day and night to make you like everybody else means to fight the hardest battle which any…
June 18, 2021
Finding the other inside of ourselves
“In order to find the patient, we must look for him inside of ourselves.”Christopher Bollas I came across this quote recently in a psychotherapy textbook, and thought it worthy of…
June 16, 2021