Sublime

the practice of awareness in everyday life – in other words, the practice of mindfulness.

There’s a reason why they call Buddhism “advanced common sense”; it’s all about methodically confronting obvious-but-often-overlooked truths (everything changes, nothing fully satisfies) until something in you shifts.

“I prescribe the meditation Emily teaches in this book to my patients to help them optimize their mental and physical health. We even brought Emily to teach our doctors at Parsley Health. She makes meditation so accessible. Her style is the easiest to adopt into a busy life that I have ever found (and I’ve tried a lot).” —Robin Berzin, M.D., CEO of

Here in the real world, people like me, who the Buddha called “unenlightened worldlings,” had to pursue happiness, as evanescent as it might be.

That phrase—“the wisdom of insecurity”—really struck me. It was the perfect rejoinder to my “price of security” motto. It made me see my work worries in an entirely different light. If there was no such thing as security, then why bother with the insecurity?