Sublime

Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.

I’ve found that introducing a little mindfulness where previously there had been none can be insidiously irrevocable.

Mindfulness

psychologist Alice Isen and her colleagues have shown that being happy broadens the thought processes and facilitates creative thinking.

The capacity to align your actions with your values is central to acting with authenticity. It’s thinking through life’s choices in light of what you know matters most to you, despite social pressures to do otherwise. Developing this capacity is a lifelong journey. Obama devoted her senior year in college to exploring a social issue—one that also h

When it comes to embodied self-awareness, practice is crucial in expanding it and giving us opportunities to make choices for our own benefit.

Remember, your brain is use it or lose it. Our senses connect the outside world to our brain—and engaging our senses slows down its aging process.

you’re demonstrating to your mind that you are competent and capable.

But as two prominent psychologists recently noted, “Not all minds who wander are lost”—in fact, the mind’s wandering is vital to imagination and creative thought.