No Time for Nonsense

If you want to enhance the quality of your life — drop self-destructive activities and limit the time you spend with people who don’t support your well-being. Look at the reality of your daily life and trim the harmful debris of empty, stressful behaviors...

To Nourish or Neglect?

What you cultivate and nourish grows. What you neglect and ignore shrinks. Applying this understanding to different aspects of your life can help you choose how to focus your energy. If you find something or someone stressful or anxiety-producing, give yourself some...

Healthy Choices

Healthy bodies are more resilient when exposed to germs and disease. A balanced immune system maintains good health best. The same goes for psychic health. The ability to discern behavior that is potentially harmful to you is necessary to sustain good mental health....

The Myth of Competition

Some boat races require all contestants to use the same kind of vessel so the competition actually measures skill. But most of life isn’t like that. People come from radically different backgrounds and are naturally endowed or handicapped with specific talents,...

Discern, Don’t Condem

It’s essential to decipher what’s safe, desirable, unpleasant or even dangerous in this diverse and challenging world. Learning to interpret what you see and chart an intelligent course of action is part of living skillfully. Critically judging and...