Could you be Funny at a Funeral?

Could you be Funny at a Funeral?

I guess I must have a bit of a morbid mind. I feel like I think about death more than most people. I have been reading Option B by Sheryl Sandberg of Facebook and Adam Grant. In it Sheryl talks about losing her husband and the process she goes through in “facing...
How can we be bored?

How can we be bored?

This was a really interesting conversation with Dan Harris and Sam Harris. Sam was talking about how boredom is really just an inability to focus on something. Focused attention is never boring. They related it to meditation – when you mediate, even something as...
Can you Embrace your Daemons?

Can you Embrace your Daemons?

I got this great visual when reading Sheryl Sanderberg’s book Option B. She suffered the loss of her husband and at one point she talked about the fact that she could never run away from her daemons so she might as well accept them. She said that while she couldn’t...
The Neighbourhood of my Mind

The Neighbourhood of my Mind

This cartoon is based on a quote my friend told me the other day. The quote is by Anne Lamott and she said, “My mind is a bad neighbourhood I try not to go into alone.” That is such a great description. It really is a scary place to be at times. These are little...