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Zen Meditation for Beginners: How to Start Zazen
Zen meditation, called zazen, is almost embarrassingly simple: sit still, follow your breath, and come back when your mind wanders. The simplicity is…
How to Structure Your Day in Retirement
For forty years something else decided when your day started, when it broke for lunch, and when it ended. Remove that and most people discover the…
How to Stop Overthinking: A Zen Approach to Quieting the Mind
Overthinking is the same handful of thoughts on a loop, dressed up as problem-solving. Zen has spent centuries on this exact habit. Here is what it…
Loneliness After Retirement, and How to Rebuild a Circle
Loneliness after retirement is one of the most common and least discussed parts of leaving work, and it is not a sign that something is wrong with…
Is Thailand Safe for Solo Travelers?
Yes. Thailand is one of the safest countries in Southeast Asia for a solo trip, and millions of first-timers and lone travelers pass through every…
What Is a Situationship, and How Do You Get Out of the Fog?
A situationship is a romantic or sexual connection with the intimacy of a relationship and none of the commitment or labels. You act like a couple,…
ADHD and Chores: The Fight That Is Never About Dishes
Ask couples where one partner has ADHD what they argue about, and the answer is rarely money or in-laws. It is the dishes, the bins, the washing that…
Taoism vs Buddhism: What Is the Difference?
Taoism and Buddhism get blurred together as vaguely eastern paths to calm, and they do share a lot: meditation, acceptance, a suspicion of grasping.…
How to Control Your Emotions, the Stoic Way
The Stoic method for handling emotions works on one small gap: the moment between something happening and your reaction to it. In that gap sits a…