Captain Marvel drawn by Dexter Soy in “Captain Marvel: Earth’s Mightest Hero,” writer Kelly Sue DeConnick Who are truth heroes? Truth heroes are my kinda superheroes! I got into reading superhero comics because a) my husband shares from his 31,000+ piece library and b) I am a movement super dork! The action is phenomenal… read more
photo by sam manns via unsplash.com EVERYDAY MEDITATION PODCAST: EPISODE #223 Listen to “Ep 223 – Pain, Mindset, and Meditation” on Spreaker. What does it mean to remove pain? You have pain. And then you don’t. Et voila! Pain is removed. So why is it *rarely* that simple? Let’s dig deeper and look at… read more
photo by samuel zeller via unsplash.com EVERYDAY MEDITATION PODCAST: EPISODE #216 Listen to “Ep 216 – Why change your brain at all?” on Spreaker. How does meditation change our brain … and thereby change our behavior? I’ve been delving into this question over the past 8 “why meditate?” episodes on the podcast. I have… read more
photo by marion michele via unsplash.com EVERYDAY MEDITATION PODCAST: EPISODE #209 Listen to “Ep 209 – I, Me, Mine and the Brain” on Spreaker. What’s this episode about? What’s going on in the brain with our “I, me, mine” system when we meditate… Apparently, the objective of most spiritual systems and their practices is… read more
photo by miguel bruna via unsplash.com EVERYDAY MEDITATION PODCAST: EPISODE #202 Listen to “Ep 202 – Meditation and – WED” on Spreaker. What’s this episode about? Meditation may be able to help you develop your sense of self… or perhaps it’s just one sense of self. How? By developing your sense of self as… read more
photo by debby hudson via unsplash.com EVERYDAY MEDITATION PODCAST: EPISODE #195 What’s this episode about? Compassion meditations can boost your compassion and more. I talk about how that can be useful in your relationship not only with others, but also yourself. Plus, the one reason I’m ready to add a compassion meditation to my… read more
photo by debby hudson via unsplash.com EVERYDAY MEDITATION PODCAST: EPISODE #188 What’s this episode about? What is compassion? What is kindness? I give you my off the cuff definition and, thankfully, the definition used by researchers in studying the effects of compassion meditation. What can I do with that? I’m a big believer in… read more
EVERYDAY MEDITATION PODCAST: EPISODE #181 What’s this episode about? A little bit of the brain science behind how meditation can help you improve your attention and focus. What can I do with that? I go into that in the episode! In brief, if you want meditation to help you improve the way you use your… read more
photo by jason leung via unsplash.com EVERYDAY MEDITATION PODCAST: EPISODE #174 What’s this episode about? Attention (effort?) and meditation (ease?). Can you tell me more now? I thought you’d never ask! I’m taking a personal tack in today’s episode: I share what attention means to me and how it does or doesn’t come into… read more