The first step towards being more patient is recognising that impatience is perfectly understandable. I mean yes, impatience is an irrational response to our over-inflated expectations of instant gratification. But it’s also a perfectly reasonable reaction to the fact that...continue reading on Medium...
How many of your problems would be solved if you just had more willpower? You’d have the body of your dreams, you’d finish that project you’ve been putting off for years, you’d spend far less time watching cat videos. Willpower...read more...
Very little makes me happier than when somebody looks at something from an angle that has never occurred to me before, which is exactly what The School Of Life does in this video on how to remain calm with people....read more...
Think about the last time you got mad at somebody. Recall what you said, and what they said, and what you should have said when they said that. Now try to remember what you were thinking. Not feeling. Thinking. I’m...continue reading on Medium...
Wouldn’t it be nice if your brain was more willing to work with you? You know what you should be doing, you know the reasons why you shouldn’t sit around all day eating ice cream and watching cat videos on...read more...
Fitmind.co brings us a deep dive into the concept of non-duality, the belief that we’re not all separate selves, interacting with a world of discrete objects, but instead, are all manifestations of a single, all-encompassing awareness. This idea can be...read more...
There’s a certain type of person that gives spirituality a bad name. I’m not talking about people who believe in God or reincarnation, or that karma keeps a cosmic ledger of our good and bad deeds. I’m talking about the...continue reading on Medium...
I’m not convinced that there’s anyone who can speak more beautifully about life than the late, great Alan Watts could. He had a wonderful ability to make you think about life in a way which was just a step removed...read more...
Most of us feel like we should be getting more sleep. But this infographic showing the sleep routines of 50 highly successful people shows that there is no single “correct” amount. Sleeping times vary from only 3 hours to a...read more...
What is happiness? That’s the question at the heart of this short film by Steve Cutts. How many of the things we do or buy or pursue genuinely make us happy? There are no neat answers offered here, and that’s...read more...