Here is a practice directly out of The Now Effect to break out of autopilot of the difficult emotion, steady your mind, deepen your connection to this moment, and begin a process of befriending whatever difficulty is here. A: Awareness of you…

We all go through difficult moments in life. These may be ongoing, persistent challenges we face on a daily basis, or more unexpected set-backs that throw us off course.   During these times it can be easy to get sullen and discouraged, and negle…

In the developed world, we are used to the idea that we created the model of industrial and economic progress which other countries must follow. Many of our big ideas about development rest on the assumption that the West cracked the formula for econom…

A look at the ways that the construction of language can have implications for the way we think, act and parse the world around us.Jim Manske’s insight:For me, this is confirmation that how we speak affects how we think and therefore how we perceive a…