Send me a message Why does a good life so often fail to make us happy? And why can’t we think our way out of a heavy feeling? The quality of our life isn’t decided by our circumstances. It’s decided by how we feel, and by what we do with those feelings. When we compare, ruminate or run from pain with a drink, a snack or a scroll, the feeling…
Send me a message In art school, they gave us a strange assignment. It ended up changing how I see everything, and it has very little to do with drawing. If everything we do is ultimately for happiness, why does our happiness never last? We blame people, money, luck and circumstances for our misery, but we also blame them for our joy. In both cases, we hand our peace to…
Just being alive is enough to fill our gratitude cups for many lifetimes. And if we are suffering in sorrow and grief and despair, we are really doing a disservice to ourselves and these incredible, brief lives we have. I used to think that miracles didn’t even exist. I thought that everything was scientific and logical, and it’s just what we can see and touch—that’s all that we can experience…
What are Mindful MondaysMindful Monday is a concept that encourages people to start their week in a mindful and intentional way. It's a day where people can take a moment to slow down, reflect on their priorities, and set their intentions for the week ahead.Recommended reading: How to practice mindfulness at workSome people may use Mindful Monday as an opportunity to meditate, practice yoga, or engage in other mindfulness practices.…
Send me a message Where is our consciousness? Scientists have searched every millimeter of the human body and haven't found it. Asking where consciousness lives is like searching a video game for the microchip. We can explore every level and never find it, and yet it runs the whole game. In this episode of Path to Peace, Todd Perelmuter explores consciousness through the lens of meditation, quantum physics and a…
If we were to see reality as it really is, all of our expectations would be met. But because we have limited perspectives with limited information, we expect things to happen that end up not panning out. When we expect things, we place our opinion of how things should be above everyone else’s and above what the universe had set in motion long before we were even born.But what if…
How to Be One With the Universe: Seeing Beyond the Individual Self When we say that humans are social creatures, it doesn’t just mean that we like to gather and communicate. It means that through the many selves, a society emerges. Without society, we would have no language, and thus no thoughts. So while there is a great deal we can learn about ourselves when we close our eyes and…
How to Remove Fear From Mind and Heart: Facing the Inner MonstersDon’t be afraid to sit alone with your thoughts and allow yourself to work through them. What you fear to be unbearable is not so scary. But we must face down the monsters so that we can conquer them. We must shine a light on the dark corners we wish were not there.Suppression, repression, and distraction are most people’s…
Lawyers and StressI have known many lawyers in my life, from family members to dear friends. They are the nicest, smartest and funniest people to spend time with. They tend to be the most fun people to be around because their jobs are so stressful that they are very good at knowing how to blow off steam, sometimes in healthy ways and frequently in unhealthy ways.Because being a lawyer can…
Breakup is one of the hardest things we humans can go through and it doesn’t get talked about enough. Dating is like constantly losing a loved one (until that last first date when we finally find that special person we were meant for). In many ways, it can be worse than losing a loved one because when we lose someone in dating, it’s painful AND it’s confusing. We blame ourselves,…
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