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Wise Effort - Goldilocks Was Right
Season 8 Episode 457
How much effort is enough? In the law, often the answer is, it’s never enough.
That’s a burnout-answer.But it doesn’t mean we don’t have to work our t…
1 year, 11 months ago
Wise Lawyering: Practicing Peace
Season 8 Episode 456
When I think back on being 20 and choosing to be a lawyer, there was a lot of, “why not? That seems like a cool path.” There was less of, “how will t…
2 years ago
Behaving With Wisdom
Season 8 Episode 455
Behaving mindfully is not always easy. Don’t cause harm, don’t take anything that’s not mine to take, don’t be biased, don’t cloud the mind, always b…
2 years ago
Winning & Influencing Mindfully
Season 8 Episode 454
I have no idea how many times I say something, or write an email, or post, with irritation on my mind. Or hit the numbers for Verizon, with exasperat…
2 years ago
The Problem With Good Intentions
Season 8 Episode 452
The problem with good intentions is that they’re subjective. Plus, I may have good intentions but what ‘good’ are they if my impact is still harmful?…
2 years ago
The Path to Waking Up
Season 8 Episode 452
The Path to Waking Up
Each of the eight steps of the mindfulness path - the path to waking up - feels important. But the first, which emphasizes that …
2 years, 1 month ago
Letting Go When the Stakes are High
Season 8 Episode 451
Right now feels like a moment when I need to assert my beliefs and work very, very hard to create change. The stakes feel too high to do anything els…
2 years, 1 month ago
The Reason Things Are Hard
Season 8 Episode 450
The birds in the trees, the light at dawn, the gorgeousness of morning: these things are all mixed up right now with dysfunctional politics, a precar…
2 years, 1 month ago
Why Being Human is The Only Way
Season 8 Episode 449
Each day of being relatively balanced feels to me like a day of possibility. What I notice is that when I’m balanced, when I’m really feeling human -…
2 years, 1 month ago
The Insecurity Of Everything
Season 8 Episode 448
There’s nothing I want more, really, than for things to be secure and predictable and easeful, for me and for everyone. But that’s the funny thing ab…
2 years, 2 months ago