What if I had exactly what I needed in this very moment - the thing that would make everything all right? What if everybody did?This bonus episode is my recipe for a loving-kindness meditation (or maybe even a prayer). I hope it is helpful whe

Part 10 - Origin Story

Nov 24th, 2019 11m 14s

Who you are and where you come from. Every superhero has an origin story. This one is yours.This episode is part 10 out of 10. A sincere thank you to everyone for listening and for supporting this podcast. My hope was to put out something that

Part 9 - The Big Me

Nov 17th, 2019 12m 56s

When life throws punches, how can I be the person I most want to be? Like everyone, I have the potential to be good, to make a difference, to not be baited, to have courage, integrity, and honor - to be the Big Me. The problem is... I also have

Part 8 - Your Job

Nov 10th, 2019 17m 19s

So... what do you do? Not what do you do to make a living, but what do you do to make a life? This week is all about our jobs, our purpose, and if there is a difference between the two.For show notes, sources, and a full transcript, visit www.

Part 7 - Ancient Wisdom

Nov 3rd, 2019 13m 47s

Our most ancient wisdom is about 2,700 years old, but our species is about 300,000 years old - what took us so long? Maybe to know who we really are as humans, we need to remember what was true of us right from our start - to remember wisdom th

Part 6 - A Backpack of Rocks

Oct 27th, 2019 15m 2s

Memories can be wonderful - so can thoughts about the future, but when they become stories that drive thoughts of guilt, regret, anxiety, or dread, then they’re like a backpack of rocks - they weigh us down and can make it hard to stand up at a

Part 5 - Sales Pitch

Oct 20th, 2019 16m 4s

I don’t know what I don’t know if I don’t know that I don’t know it. So how do I know? This week, I walk through the single most important daily activity in my entire life - meditation. While increasing in popularity, the practice continues to

Part 4 - Roommate from Hell

Oct 13th, 2019 12m 45s

How do I evict the jerk living in my own head? When I encounter a problem that I have the answer for, then my own inner dialogue can my best buddy - my ace-number-one copilot, but when I don't have the answer... my copilot can be hmm... less th

Part 3 - This Magic Moment

Oct 6th, 2019 16m 4s

In Part 3 - This Magic Moment, our Zen road trip reaches its destination in Japan. We follow the finger pointing to the moon and talk about Zen practice for a little bit, and then explain what all of this has to do with Monday morning.For show

Part 2 - Black is White

Sep 29th, 2019 19m 33s

In Part 2 - Black is White, we continue our Zen road trip from India to Japan, with Buddhism taking a pit stop in China for a few hundred years to hang out with one of the predominant philosophies, Taoism (spoiler alert: they really hit it off)

Part 1 - The Story

Sep 18th, 2019 14m 30s

What if the path to contentment, purpose, and inner peace is right in front of us, but we just can't see it yet? In this first part (of 10) of Zen in the Art of Monday Morning, we explore Zen's origins over 2500 years ago in northern India with

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