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Lighting Up the World, One Lawyer at a Time
Season 6 Episode 348
Mindful lawyering: it's not complicated but it's also not easy. Because it's not easy to pay attention with intention, to be kind and friendly all th…
4 years, 4 months ago
Finding Peace in Each Breath
Season 6 Episode 347
I'm about as American as it gets - 4th generation San Franciscan on one side and on the other, descended from Jews who fled Europe to Canada first, t…
4 years, 4 months ago
Enduring an Attack
Season 6 Episode 346
When I'm attacked, my impulse is to attack back.
I know it's my legal training, and maybe it's also my nature. At the very least it's a lifelong habi…
4 years, 4 months ago
Taming the Runaway Mind
Season 6 Episode 345
I have a mind that tends to run away with me. Not in a romantic way like taking a beautiful drive down the coast, but in a way where it spins out of …
4 years, 5 months ago
How Much Mindfulness is Enough?
Season 6 Episode 344
How much mindfulness is enough? Is moment-to-moment attention (the classical definition of secular mindfulness) just a suggestion for when we decide …
4 years, 5 months ago
G.R.O.U.N.D. Practice and Being a Leader of Peace
Season 6 Episode 343
It's the middle of the first MLTT 2022 Intensive and another intense moment in the world.
It feels like a good time to bring in G.R.O.U.N.D., a practi…
4 years, 5 months ago
Whacking Someone On the Head, in a Mindful Way
Season 6 Episode 342
If you were heading down the street and someone tried to mug you, what would you do?
Maybe instinct would kick in and you'd run, or turn and try to fi…
4 years, 5 months ago
Are We Starting to Get It?
Season 6 Episode 341
The world seems to be coming together around Ukraine. It did that to manufacture a Covid vaccine as well. What if it's a trend?
Don't be silly, right?…
4 years, 6 months ago
Cutting Off the Head of the Snake
Season 6 Episode 340
I used to think if I sat on my meditation cushion, did some yoga, and generally paid attention, I was doing my part. That still feels important. But …
4 years, 6 months ago
The Perils of "Being" a Lawyer
Season 6 Episode 339
This question of identity: what does it mean to "be" a lawyer? Is it something to earn, like a degree? Or something to pass into, or be sworn into, a…
4 years, 6 months ago