Coffee is a stimulant. But what exactly does it “stimulate”? How can we use this boost or stimulation to improve our meditation practice? And what practice works best?

I’ll approach these questions from a neurophenomenological and computational perspective, rather than a biochemical one. The latter is a horse dead-beaten. And my intention with this ... See more

“You’re doing it all wrong,” said someone doing nothing at all.

Making things is hard and I feel like that’s the most useful thing to say about it. You have to try to be consistent, you have to practice constantly, you have to read, and you can’t make yourself be interested in topics you aren’t interested in. And you have to accept that it’s always going to be challenging. My friend said this about her work, wh... See more

if you’re not arguing, you don’t care’. If there isn’t dialogue about what to improve, things never will actually improve. It’s wading among the imperfections, the small bumps, the arguments that are frothy and angry and loud because love is an art - weaving acceptance and faith. Kindness despite adversity.

“You should sit in meditation for twenty minutes everyday — unless you’re too busy; then you should sit for an hour.” - Dr. Sukhraj Dhillon

what’s up friends, enemies, and everyone in between including and especially the people who only see at a party once every three years but every time you do you just sit in a corner and talk and its a gangbusters good time like wow this person is great so great in fact that they KNOW not to harang you with the ‘omg we should hang soon’ garbage prom... See more

You can love your kids deeply and hate being a mom. You can hold your children to the bone and still proclaim how sucky it is to be a female parent, in America at least, with our lack of paid family leave or high-quality day care and the cultural insistence that “good women” should stake their entire lives on the opportunity.

Feel the stability and grounding energy this action provides

When Swifties jump so hard they create "seismic activity" in Seattle, when being at a Beyoncé concert feels like "dipping your whole body into an ocean of pure creative source alongside 80,000 other people," as a friend recently texted, these concerts are doing something deeper than entertaining: they’re providing moments of collective healing.