by Sunada Takagi | Apr 25, 2012 | Personal change
What an inspiring trio of life stories. Three people who went through a major loss — one that took away arguably their biggest gift in their lives — and used it to become all the stronger and wiser because of it. The three are Grant Achatz, a chef who lost...
by Sunada Takagi | Apr 24, 2012 | Everyday mindfulness, Personal change
Some words of caution on web surfing, from Nicholas Carr, author of The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains: “When you’re constantly taking in new bits of information – as we do when we browse the Web, check e-mail or read text messages – we take...
by Sunada Takagi | Mar 2, 2012 | Everyday mindfulness, Personal change
This is an excellent post by Martin Murphy about what it takes to live up to our potential. As he puts it, “Your ability to create and experience more success is equal to your potential (which nobody knows), minus the resistance… Successful people...
by Sunada Takagi | Feb 2, 2012 | Everyday mindfulness, Personal change
Joe, a student in my online class, was worried that meditation would hurt his career. He works in a very competitive business where everyone is single-mindedly pushing and driving hard all the time. The whole idea of “letting go” seemed absurd in that...
by Sunada Takagi | Dec 7, 2011 | Everyday mindfulness, Personal change
Why are we so reluctant to show our appreciation to others? And why do we feel it’s not OK to ask for appreciation from others? This is a short (only 3 minutes!) lovely TED talk about the power of saying thank you. Why not?
by Sunada Takagi | Nov 29, 2011 | Everyday mindfulness, Personal change
It’s discouraging, isn’t it, to watch ourselves fall repeatedly into our same old habitual traps. We try to practice mindfulness, but it can be frustrating. Do you ever have days where you’re so caught up that you realize only at night, despite your best intentions,...
