Hope for Cynics
Todays’ young people—everywhere I go—they’re so excited and empowered. We’re listening to their voices. That gives us a reason to hope . ...
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Sep 105 min
I Have a Dream: Healing the Heart of Democracy
John and I were discussing the upcoming debates tonight. John was saying how he was hoping to hear someone take the “high ground.” I...
Sep 46 min
Healing: True Woo, Placebo, and Kindness
We have been endowed with just enough intelligence to be able to see clearly just how utterly inadequate that intelligence is when...
Aug 305 min
Anti-Aging: Maybe Some Blue Zones AND Mindset
Age is just a number. Embrace every stage of life and never let your dreams fade away. Carol Channing, Broadway star who continued...
Jul 227 min
"Born Bad": Can We Adopt A More Helpful, Accurate, and Life-Giving Story?
"I think there's a natural goodness built into human beings. You know when you've stepped across the line into evil, and it's your life's...
Mar 285 min
A Bigger Story than from Dust to Dust? Let's Hear from a Raindrop
So say it loud and let it ring We are all a part of everything The future, present and the past Fly on proud bird You're free at last....
Mar 114 min
Rose, Thorn, Bud: Self-Regulation Tools for Flourishing
Directing your attention toward the most important object of your choosing - and then sustaining that attention - is the most...
Mar 57 min
On the Hero's Journey Everything Changes
“The fundamental human experience is that of compassion." ― Joseph Campbell, The Hero's Journey: Joseph Campbell on His Life & Work...
Mar 15 min
Rosing Up: Moving Mindfulness and Gratitude To Holy Ground
“The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper.” W. B. Yeats Let’s get right to it – we are taking...
Feb 175 min
Beating Bad to Bits: The Rule of Four and the Negative Golden Rule
"That which is to you hateful do not to your neighbor. This is the whole law; the rest is commentary on it; go, learn!" Hillel, renowned...
Jan 238 min
How Wise is Anne Lamott? What AI Thinks
The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom. Isaac Asimov, popular science...
Jan 156 min
Can You See The Water You Swim In?
I don't know who discovered water, but I'm pretty sure it wasn't a fish. Marshall McLuhan, writer My parents were concerned about...
Nov 21, 20234 min
Is It Alive? And Other Soul Stuff
In the world we everywhere find clear signs of an order in accordance with a determinate purpose, carried out with great wisdom —Immanuel...
Nov 17, 20235 min
Where's the Pony? Choosing Useful Mindsets and Mental Filters
The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of Hell, a hell of Heaven. John Milton, Paradise Lost Supposedly President...
Nov 14, 20235 min
Your Mindset is...Everything?
“If you look the right way, you can see that the whole world is a garden.” —Frances Hodgson Burnett, novelist and playwright Think...
Apr 9, 20234 min
Thin Places, Impossible Things, and Spiritual Breakthroughs
“Alice laughed. 'There's no use trying,' she said. 'One can't believe impossible things.' I daresay you haven't had much practice,' said...
Oct 21, 20225 min
Noticing What Makes Us Joyful and Strong
“With awareness, we can make conscious choices, instead of letting our habitual thoughts and patterns run the show.” – Tamara Levitt,...
Jul 27, 20223 min
Why You Are Pig-Headed, but I Am Firm
"What we have learned to look for in any situation determines mostly what we see." Dr. Ellen Langer, professor of psychology, Harvard....
May 23, 20224 min
Stop Gritting Your Teeth and Start Looking For Gold
"I have been finding treasures in places I did not want to search, finding beauty where I did not want to look." - Suzy Kassem, 'Rise Up...
Mar 29, 20224 min
How To Stop Being Quite So Foolish On All The Other Days
“And not only the pride of intellect, but the stupidity of intellect. And, above all, the dishonesty, yes, the dishonesty of intellect....
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