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Soothing the Hive Mind
“That which is not good for the beehive cannot be good for the bees.” -Marcus Aurelius
These days, the air is abuzz. People are tense, unsettled, and reactive. I see it on Instagram, at the grocery store, and on the steps of the Utah Capitol building close to where I live. That sort of energy is…
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Welcome to Spring Equinox 2020 … everything’s changed
Hi, friends. Everything’s changing all at once—how we live, work, eat, travel, and connect with everyone around us. Stressors are through the roof and living well seems a hell of a lot harder than it did a week ago. And, some people are getting sick. And, I started my day with a 5.7 earthquake (!!)…
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Welcome to Winter solstice 2019
Humans have celebrated this dark day with gathering together, warm fires, and feasts for millennia. But, in recent history our culture got so focused on all the holiday stress that it’s easy to forget what really matters—connection.
For us to gather in the darkness is about more than shiny symbols. We’re helping each other feel safe,…
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80/20 Rule for Emotional Needs
For as long as I can remember, I have looked to other people to meet my needs for acceptance, love, and support.
When I was a child, my parents didn’t have the emotional capacities that little Dallas so badly wanted them to have, and I left childhood with the sensation of emotional impoverishment.
As I…
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Heal and Love … Here and Now
“The only place that you can love or heal or awaken is here and now, the eternal present.” —Jack Kornfield I’ve read books and deep-and-meaningful quotes along these lines many times, but it has only been recently that it has really settled on me. Or rather, it has settled into me.
When I am thinking…
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Are you a brave person?
“You cannot swim for new horizons until you have the courage to lose sight of the shore.” —William FaulknerGenerally speaking, I haven’t thought of myself as a “brave” man.
I’m good in crises, and I’m willing to do really hard work for things I really believe in, but courage isn’t really something I’ve thought I…
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My solution to loneliness is…
“Loneliness does not come from having no people around, but from being unable to communicate the things that seem important to oneself, or from holding certain views which others find inadmissible.”—Carl Gustav JungOne of the most influential experiences of my life was the pervasive childhood sensation of not being listened to or having my experiences…
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The antidote to boredom
“We are perishing for want of wonder, not for want of wonders.”—G.K. ChestertonIn a world where we can look up pictures of almost anywhere or anything in seconds, ask Google or Wikipedia to explain what would otherwise be felt as a magical phenomenon, and where we are constantly bombarded by THE MOST EXTREME, the craziest,…
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Don’t settle for false safety
“I used to feel so alone in the city. All those gazillions of people and then me, on the outside. Because how do you meet a new person? I was very stunned by this for many years. And then I realized, you just say, “Hi.” They may ignore you. Or you may marry them. And…
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The power of questions vs. “expert answers”
It’s easy to get obsessed with expert answers instead of asking our own questions and following our own inquiry.
In this episode of The Living Experiment, we talk about the value of an inquiry-based approach to living, instead of always focusing on answers.
Give it a listen if you’re curious about how to “live in…
