Recently I came across Donald D. Hoffman’s work, research that has literally and happily blown my mind. Well, not really – what Don Hoffman has done for me is quantify my suspicions through our culture’s accepted mode of knowingness: reductive science. I would like to introduce myself to Dr. Hoffman, a professor of cognitive science … Read More
Overwhelm Antidote
My life has been very full lately. One might say “busy,” but that does not quite capture what I have been experiencing, as a large part of the perceived fullness has centered around choices – choices between opportunities and multiple possibilities. As I weighed the pros and cons of all these possibilities (“Go there!” “Come … Read More
Meet the woman who invented the sports bra
Back in 1977, Lisa Lindahl uprooted an industry with her Jogbra By Abbey Gingras via Dawn Patrol An amateur runner, Lisa Lindahl, was sick and tired of being uncomfortable while exercising. Bouncing boobs hurt. So she created the Jogbra, launching a $7 billion-per-year industry and knocking down barriers for women athletes around the world. Last week, … Read More
Spiritual Bypassing
John Welwood, a psychotherapist and Buddhist teacher, coined what has become the very useful term “spiritual bypassing.” In 2010 Integral Psychotherapist Robert Masters wrote an entire book about the phenomenon. He describes spiritual bypassing as “The use of spiritual practices and beliefs to avoid dealing with our painful feelings, unresolved wounds, and developmental needs.” As Dr. … Read More
Too much “Progress”?
“Progress is our most important product” was GE’s slogan when I was growing up. Progress. To move forward, right? It is advancement in general, implying some higher, better state. Right? Perhaps progress as a goal in and of itself has become an anachronism. When is enough, enough? When did the concept of more get confused with the … Read More
My Very Expensive Laundry Folding Table
I am standing in my small office-storage-laundry room folding towels newly out of the dryer. I have dumped the bulky warm pile onto the nearest flat surface, and as I draw out the next tangled towel, I realize… … the surface on which they are sitting, and I am using to fold, is my wedding … Read More