I never thought I’d become a Buddhist when I launched my mindfulness blog in 2017. It started as a secular practice: a few yoga classes during the week and daily meditation to soothe my mind. But as time went on, I noticed how good it was for well-being. So I decided to learn more about … Read more

. Buddhist nun Pema Chödrön wrote that the best way to maintain concentration during meditation is to label all distracting thoughts as “thinking” and return to the immediacy of your breath. Similarly, one might argue that the best way to keep your mental composure during a debate is to label your opponent’s arguments as opinion. … Read more

I nourish my creativity by balancing reading and writing. The most challenging part of that effort is finding books worth my precious, limited time. Mortimer Adler once wrote, “Good books are over your head; they would not be good for you if they were not.” A reading list compiled by one of my favorite authors … Read more

“It took modern humans tens of thousands of years to reach a population of seven hundred million and then we tapped into millions of years of stored energy known as fossil fuels. Our human population exploded. It increased by ten times in a mere two hundred years. Our consumption has also exploded: on average ten … Read more