#presence

There's something for scientists as well as beatniks. The common theme: reality isn't what you think. Let's dive in. Read →

Keeping a journal boils down to one activity for me: describing the obstacle. Not solving it. Just bringing it to light. Read →

For English speakers, three articles I've read over several years about death described by healthcare professionals. I've already discussed the first two, but upon reading the third, I thought it was worth compiling a little anthology. Read →

I don't choose what I write.One morning, I realize that my comedy-drama screenplay isn't progressing. The new scenes are dragging, predictable. Even the corrections I make here and there don't seem to be heading in the right direction. It's a mess. Read →

A touch of the blues on the highway. No reason. Then I understood: nothing exciting was waiting for me. What if that was actually fine? Read →

I'm coming to think that only presence matters. Not right or wrong actions, but good or bad reasons to act. Read →

First, let me be clear: I'm not religious in the slightest. Yet, over the past few years, I've discovered a certain spirituality within me. Read →

Two pillars of Buddhism recently explored through the wonderful book "Seeing that Frees" by the late Rob Burbea, listening to the lectures of James Low that I discovered recently, and tirelessly through the recordings of Alan Watts, who never ceases to... Read →

We often forget the people who make our lives easier.We dwell too long on those who cause us problems. Read →

Reactivity is a prized skill in business. But outside of emergencies, reacting fast often means acting before thinking. What if we just... stopped? Read →

Don't think of elephants! Too late. The more we fight a thought, the stronger it gets. What if the real solution was to stop fighting? Read →

For 48 hours, whenever I felt like doing something unnecessary, I didn't. A Stoic experiment in observing how the brain reacts under pressure. Read →

I type faster when I focus on accuracy instead of speed. How many areas of life suffer because we try to go too fast? Read →

Change the world, maybe not. But you'll stop bugging me. 1. No more "bon appétit" at every turn At the table, with your family, with your friends: have a blast. Read →

We internalize certain external gazes and spend our lives reacting for someone who isn't there. Recognizing this is the first step to freedom. Read →

Yes, it's a cliché, but I've recently experienced it in a very personal way. Read →

I stopped watching the first episode of Wednesday half way through. (I tried to go to the end, I promise, I even stopped then resumed it). But I want to take this opportunity to tell you what I really liked about Barry Sonnenfeld's The Addams Family. Read →

Our habits are a boon and a curse. A boon because we don't have to reinvent the wheel every time. We can rely on the routine we've built for ourselves: the same actions, performed in the same order, produce the same results. Read →

Not so much resolutions as general principles that I've discovered and explored in the past years: Read →

In meditation, progress means recognizing more and more of our inner contents as thoughts. Even the ones so familiar we mistook them for reality. Read →