tips & Insights

One of the best ways to set yourself up for success in the new year is to consciously choose how you want to begin.  

With the mad dash of the holidays upon us, we’ve been thinking about how to live well with all the challenges that come up at this time of year. Whether it’s navigating relationships with relatives, or worrying about who to give what, or just trying to squeeze in sleep around all the parties, this is a seriously stress-inducing month.

Cultivating an attitude of gratitude with whatever shows up in our lives is a great way to loosen the grip of anxiety on our minds and hearts. 

Meditation can be a lot like driving. You can use it really effectively in short bursts, to get from point A to point B. But you get a lot further, a lot faster, when you optimize for cruise control conditions.

What would happen if, for one day, you only said you’d do things that you fully intended to do?

We live in a 24/7, 365-days-a-year, always-on world; but deep down we are still affected by and connected to the natural turning of the seasons. 

We have such a strong sense of independence ingrained in us.

As we woke up early this morning to the smell of thick smoke from fires in the San Francisco Bay Area, we were reminded how fragile our existence is. A house is there one moment, and engulfed in flames the next. The assumptions we built our lives on change, without warning. Suddenly, we need to reorganize ourselves to meet challenges we hoped never to encounter.