You Control Your Response, Not the Chaos
In a world that feels out of control— here’s what’s still yours: • your breath • your attention • your energy • your boundaries • your nervous system • your pace • your choices • your voice • how you speak to yourself • what you consume • when you rest • when you say no You don’t control the chaos— but you do control how you meet it. I love you. Keep going. 🦋✨🦋
Regulate Your Day, Productivity Follows Naturally
The calm creator daily stack: No phone first thing. Outdoor light before caffeine. One walk without audio. One focused work block before consuming. Meals away from screens. Dim light at night. One moment of conscious non resistance before bed. This is not a productivity routine. It is a regulation...
Returning to Fuego's Health Day to Teach Breathwork
I'm back at Fuego's Soul x Science - Health & Wellbeing Day next month talking about breathing & breathwork (shock). https://t.co/Ygjhrg1tl6
Pelvic Floor Contractions Boost Vagal Tone During Resonance Breathing
Squeeze the beat: Enhancing cardiac vagal activity during resonance breathing via coherent pelvic floor recruitment
Notice Breath Temperature, Find Quiet Amid Thoughts
One Minute Breath Watching #Meditation Feel the cool air at the nostrils on the in-breath and slightly warmer air on the out-breath. No need to change the breath; just feel the sensation at the nose tip. Thoughts will come, but a...
Extend Therapy's Impact: Nudge Support Between Sessions
The breakthrough in a therapy session almost always comes in the last five minutes. You get something, and then the session is over. You go back to your life still carrying the same thoughts you walked in with, and your next...
Abandonment to Innovation: Others Shape Our Resilience
Why do other people matter so much for our trajectories? Join Inner Cosmos with guest David Sussillo (@SussilloDavid), who was abandoned by his parents at 8 but grew up to become a neuroscientist & technologist. We explore the interface between...
Your First Anxiety Spot Reveals Where Relief Begins
When you feel anxious, where do you feel it first in your body? Chest. Throat. Jaw. Stomach. Shoulders. I am asking because most people know the answer instantly. They have just never been asked. And the place where you feel it first is often where the release begins.
Yoga Restores Calm and Self for Busy Moms
I didn’t start yoga for fitness.I started because my mind felt heavy… my body felt tired… and I needed something for me. After becoming a mom, everything was about the baby. Somewhere… I lost my routine. Yoga slowly brought me back. Not in one day. Not perfectly. But little...
Take 30 Seconds to Breathe with a Fox
30 seconds to breathe as you join a little fox on a journey… (this one is still a work in progress, but I figured I would just go ahead and share it anyway 😌🙏🏽🩵…the fox is a cameo from an...
Alone Time Lets Your Nervous System Reset
Spending time alone is healing because your nervous system can drop its defenses and safely start to soften, rest, and reset to its natural state of calm.
Six Somatic Practices to Strengthen Personal Boundaries
6 Somatic exercises to help build stronger boundaries: 1. The "stop" palm push. 2. Visualizing energetic boundaries (bubbles). 3. The "boundary box" (push and pull). 4. Somatic "yes" and "no". 5. Tangible boundaries. 6. The butterfly hug.
10 Minutes of Meditation Boosts Focus, Cuts Anxiety
10 minutes of meditation can change your life. Daily practice results: - Concentraion: ↑ ~5–15% - Reactivity: ↓ ~15–25% - Distractability: ↓ ~10–25% - Anxiety: ↓ ~20–35% These aren't random numbers, they're backed by decades of peer-reviewed research. If you want to get started here's how: 1. Easy...
Daily Mortality Reflection Sharpens Purpose and Presence
Some people don't like being reminded of their mortality, and I'll say it can feel unpleasant to ponder, but it does make life quite vivid and infuse it with a sense of purpose and poignancy. The Buddha actually had a...
Resilience, Burnout Relief, and the Cost of Being Used
At the link, the best of The Marginalian this week in a single place – how to be a tree: notes on the resilience of letting go; Brian Eno's remedy for burnout and despair; and a meditation on being used:...
Deliberate Yawning Relaxes Body Through Deep Breathing
Did you know that a deliberate yawn relaxes the body? It forces you to take a deep breath, slow down the way you breathe, and exhale fully. Give it try. Yawn and as you do extend your arms upward. https://t.co/Fy0lTG5E2h
Step Outside, Breathe Fresh Air, and Listen to Nature
Go outside and walk a bit, breathe the fresh air, look up and listen to nature.
Unsustainable Habits Cause Stagnation; Change Them to Get Unstuck
If things haven’t been changing, and you’ve been feeling worse, something you’re doing is no longer sustainable. To get unstuck, try this… Drop a 💜 if you found this helpful
Mindful Cooking Transforms Chores Into Purposeful Self‑care
Mindful cooking connects me to my senses and brings me back to myself. It turns a chore into a sense of purpose. One where I get to give love to myself and others.
Pause and Reconnect: Live Guided Meditation with Rupert
Join Rupert for a live meditation. An hour to pause, to step back from everything, and simply be. Broadcast from Mandali Retreat Centre in Italy, this is a space to sit quietly together and reconnect with the stillness that’s already here. Saturday 11...
Curiosity in the Present Brings Peaceful Mindfulness
Instead of getting lost in the past or future become curious about this moment. What can you learn from it? What can you appreciate about it? The more mindful you become, the more peaceful you will feel. https://t.co/NBSKhAj8TI
Silence and Therapy: My Path to Renewed Calm
It's been 2 weeks of me sort of dropping off the face of the planet, compartmentalizing, thinking, and enjoying the quiet. There is so much friggen noise out here and it caught up to me, so I just literally left...
Removing Work Email Boosted My Mental Health
Taking my work email off my phone was one the best things I’ve done for my mental health as a business owner ✨
Create Original Thinking Space to Counter Negative Repetition
95% percent of your thoughts are repetitive. Of those, 80% are negative. Account for this everyday by creating space for “original thinking.” On a walk, during prayer, in conversation with friends, just be intentional about creating novelty in the mind. It’s how...
Release Attachments to Restore Balance and Presence
We get pulled out of balance when we cling to something — being right, being seen a certain way, getting what we want. When you notice that attachment, you can begin to let it go. #mindfulness #letgo #selfawareness #innerwork #presence...
Box Breathing Activates Rest‑Digest, Reduces Stress
Here's a stress break for you--Box Breathing. This exercise can help you to turn on your parasympathetic system, which is the rest + digest response. We are often operating in the sympathetic system for most of the day, which is...
Emerging From Depression: The Unexpected Lightness
What It Felt Like to Come Back From Depression (Content note: this post includes discussion of depression, suicidality, and eating disorders.)
Finding Zen Amid Spring's Quiet Practice Period
In the midst of the stillness of Spring Practice Period, this: Upaya Zen Center https://t.co/pcE7t12VMw
Celebrate Stillness Over Constant Busyness and Productivity
Being busy and productive is always celebrated 📢 🫠 And I’m bored 🥱 of this … can we change it to celebrating: - things being quiet - not doing much - slowing down - doing nothing - resting
Be Present, Cherish Moments with Those Who Matter
Take a moment. Slow down and really be present. Enjoy where you are, who you’re with, and what this moment is offering you. The time you have with the people who matter most is the part that stays with you.
Calm Parent, Calm Baby: Manage Your Nervous System
If I am ever stressed or anxious, my baby picks up on it. They fuss more, they are harder to settle, and they sleep worse. When I take a few minutes to regulate myself, the difference is noticeable. Babies co-regulate with...
Pause Regularly to Boost Success and Joy
"We will be more successful in all our endeavors if we can let go of the habit of running all the time, and take little pauses to relax and re-center ourselves. And we'll also have a lot more joy in...
Aversion and Attachment: Buddha's Roots of Suffering
The #Buddha taught that two keys to suffering are aversion and attachment. We push away or hold on too tightly at times. There is wisdom to this teaching. #mindfulness https://t.co/ks1fv7CbI5
Neuroscience Must Redefine Methods to Embrace Consciousness
How should neuroscience evolve if it is to take consciousness seriously? An engaging discussion between Professor Kevin Mitchell and Dr. Tevin Naidu. https://t.co/zkgtRYn0Wv
Set Boundaries: Compassion Without Absorbing Others' Emotions
Highly sensitive people often absorb the emotional and mental energy around them. While sensitivty is an asset, its important to become discerning what belongs to you and what doesn't. You can be compassionate toward others whithout internalizing their stuff. #mindfulness...
Mouth Tape Boosts UFC Fighter’s Breathwork Training
Cool to see @jiri_bjp using mouth tape in training ahead of his @ufc bout. Breathwork. Let's go for that.
Feel the Energy, Not Just the Words
A simple way to improve your life: Notice how your nervous system responds to people's energy, not just the words they say.
Ground Your Body to Quiet an Overactive Mind
If your body feels “on” and your brain won’t shut up, try this before you do anything else: - sit down - feet pressed against the floor - one long exhale - soften your jaw - slowly look left & count to 2 - slowly look...
Stay Present Even when Busy and Remote
Busy doesn’t have to mean disconnected. Learn how to stay present—even when you’re not physically there. https://t.co/ul8gmLhkgz #WorkLifeBalance
Sit with the Urge Before Acting.
Learned today that ACTION URGES is NOT THE SAME as ACTIONS TAKEN. Learn to SIT with the urge before an action is taken. THATS THE SKILL. WHEW. (women's mental health specialist certification course)
Horizon Views Calm Brain, Distort Time Perception
Horizon views, especially when you first arrive at them, cause a shift in brain-body state that is calming, shapes time perception in interesting ways. Discussed w/Dacher Keltner on Huberman Lab podcast out now. (Pinned @hubermanlab @X & linked from https://t.co/R2uwMGVzOf)...
Essential Habits for a Calm Nervous System
Non negotiables for a calm nervous system: • Morning sunlight before screens • Walk every day • Lift a few times per week • Eat food that keeps your energy stable • Stop flooding your mind with input • Protect sleep like it changes everything • Breathe...
Meaning Is Assigned, So Letting Go Becomes Easier
Letting go gets easier when you realize the things you're holding onto only have meaning because you gave it to them.
Nasal Breathing’s Optimal Resistance Boosts Energy
Nasal breathing provides the 'right' amount of resistance (vs. mouth breathing) & is therefore energy giving? CC @MitoPsychoBio Energy Resistance Principle.
Mental Pain Originates Within, Not From Others
No one can cause mental pain to you. It is caused by you and no one else but you, in reaction to something that happens around you. #SadhguruWisdom https://t.co/X7sW7kg8Ii
Pause Between Stimulus and Response Unlocks Freedom
“Between stimulus and response there's a space, in that space lies our power to choose our response, in our response lies our growth and our freedom." ~ Viktor Frankl Remember this the next time you're triggered. Pause. Breathe. There's your...
Release the Gap: Reconnect with the World
We may learn how to let go of thoughts and emotions, but eventually we realize the real challenge is letting go of the space we’ve created between ourselves and the world.
Choosing Love in the Present Moment
Is it possible to choose to love in this moment? #tarabrach #mindfulness #meditation #compassion #lovingkindness
Breaks, Mindfulness, and Boundaries Boost Productivity
Feeling overwhelmed at work? Try taking breaks, practicing mindfulness, and setting boundaries to reduce stress and boost productivity #worklifebalance #mindfulness #boundaries #WellnessJourney #pavingwellness #lifesetylemedicine #health #mentalhealth https://t.co/rV4X4agZFy
Awe Walks Transform Mood and Social Connection
The new Huberman Lab episode is out: Cultivating Awe & Emotional Connection in Daily Life | Dr. Dacher Keltner 0:00 Dr Dachner Keltner 0:01:55 Emotions, Awe; Facial Expressions & Culture 0:08:11 Sponsors: Joovv & Helix Sleep 0:11:05 Emotion, Motor Movement & Language 0:15:36 Measuring Emotion;...