I don’t care how many friggin’ followers you gained this month. Or how much money you made from your new lucrative passive income side hustle that for some reason nobody’s talking about. You disguise it as a story of celebrating success and believe you’re compelled to write about it out…

A sincere & heartfelt farewell to the life of a digital nomad & a warm welcome to the start of a wilder journey. — I'm sitting at the breakfast table with my head down. I've just had another discussion with my partner that didn’t end well. We’re also about to renew the lease for the second year on our apartment — a record for me since living in my childhood home. Then, all of…

I was absolutely miserable. But I also knew how to meditate. So I had no problem managing my emotions and keeping myself just calm and content enough to get through the days. There was no real reason for my misery. I was lucky to have a decent job and be…

Most of us start off in life with high aspirations. Build a successful career. Start a family. Accomplish something great. See the world. But on the way, the vast majority of us get distracted, have doubts, forget, get distracted again, find something new, have a setback, have more doubts, get…

There’s no merit in thinking about it. Action is all that counts. — Why don’t you do what you want to do? Is a great question. We could debate it for hours. So thank you for asking. It could be something to do with my personality. I’m an open‐minded, creative individual who has a serious allergy to structure and routine. I’m also a…

Conflict is the basis of all growth — You hear a lot from Buddhism about how to deal with conflicts that are inside your own mind and body. What you don’t hear as much about is how to deal with conflict out in the world. At first glance, engaging in conflict seems contrary to the virtues of Buddhism…

“Spiritual bypassing often adopts a rationale based on using absolute truth to deny or disparage relative truth” —John Welwood I’ve never been so calm and infuriated after a mediation retreat. I was lucky. In such a place a few years ago, I may have come out buzzing with self-generated ecstasy…

Turn physical growth into inner growth — I’d down a strong cup of coffee, lose myself in the music, and push my body as hard as possible. If it was a good workout, the time would pass in an instant and I would emerge a few hours later barely able to walk and dripping in sweat. But…

The secret is there are no secrets. — One day, a Zen master said to his oldest student it was time for him to learn the highest teaching on the path of meditation (self-knowledge). The student bowed and said to the master: “Thank you, master. I have waited most if not all of my life for this moment…