Journal.
Notes from the road. And the cushion. Recent journeys. Encounters. The quiet things I am still learning to understand.
When Silence Becomes Louder Than Words
When Silence Becomes Louder Than Words I sat my first ten-day Vipassana somewhere between exhaustion and curiosity, expecting insight and finding, instead, an ...
Read entry →The Body Remembers What the Mind Forgets
The Body Remembers What the Mind Forgets There is a spot between my shoulder blades that holds something I cannot name. I discovered it during a ten-day Vipass...
Read entry →Welcome Home Revisited
Welcome Home Revisited I first heard the phrase "welcome home" at the end of a ten-day silent retreat. My teacher said it softly, as if returning something I h...
Read entry →The Responsibility of Awakening Revisited
The Responsibility of Awakening Revisited I sat with this question again this morning, before the emails, before the coffee — what am I supposed to do with wha...
Read entry →Starting With Yourself
Starting With Yourself I used to think I could fix things. Companies, teams, situations, people. It took me many years — and many quiet mornings on a meditatio...
Read entry →Your Attention Is Your Power
Your Attention Is Your Power I noticed something strange last week. I had been carrying my phone from room to room like a small worried animal, checking it bef...
Read entry →What Freedom Really Means
What Freedom Really Means I used to think freedom was the ability to do what I wanted. Then, after sitting still for ten days in silence, I noticed something s...
Read entry →Finding Your Tribe
Finding Your Tribe For years I mistook proximity for belonging. I had colleagues, contacts, a full calendar — and still, on the long flights between cities, I ...
Read entry →Standing Alone if You Must
Standing Alone if You Must There was a season in my life when I said yes to almost everything — meetings, opinions, dinners, drinks, agreements I did not actua...
Read entry →You Are Already Awake
You Are Already Awake I noticed something strange during a long sit last winter. I had been searching for years — for stillness, for insight, for some door I i...
Read entry →Your First Step
Your First Step I sat for my first ten days of silence not because I had answers, but because I had run out of ways to avoid the question. I was running a comp...
Read entry →The Call to Begin Now
The Call to Begin Now I have spent years telling myself I would begin tomorrow. A meditation practice, a difficult conversation, a change of direction — always...
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