Archive
everything written, in order, by the month it arrived.
April 2026
March 2026
- Letter: The Soil Is Doing Its Work
- The Empty Boat
- Daily: Stand Outside for Three Minutes
- Outdoor Meditation: A Field Guide
February 2026
- Letter: On the Voice in Your Head
- Marcus Aurelius at 3 a.m.
- Open Awareness: A Sitting Practice
- Daily: Watch One Thought Go By
January 2026
- The Archer and the Master
- The Coming-Home Sit
- Book Notes: Wherever You Go, There You Are, by Jon Kabat-Zinn
- Daily: Begin Again, Without Comment
- A 30-Day Sit: The Only Habit Worth Trying in January
December 2025
- The Innkeeper Who Made Room
- A Meditation for the Longest Night
- On Christmas, Whether You Celebrate It or Not
- Daily: Five Things You Didn't Notice This Year
- A Two-Minute Reset Before Hard Phone Calls
November 2025
- On Letting Things Be Hard
- The Mustard Seed — Kisa Gotami's Story
- Book Notes: A Grief Observed, by C.S. Lewis
- Daily: Thank One Thing That Is Leaving
- How to Sit With Sadness
- Everything You Love Is on Loan
October 2025
- The Hermit Who Came Back
- Sitting in Silence: A 20-Minute Meditation
- Daily: Sit With Your Tea Until It Cools
- In Praise of Doing Nothing
September 2025
- The Two Monks and the River
- Book Notes: The Art of Communicating, by Thich Nhat Hanh
- A Loving-Kindness Meditation for Difficult People
- Daily: Ask One More Question
- On Loving People Who Are Hard to Love
- How to Listen Without Planning Your Reply
August 2025
- The Woodcutter Who Stopped to Sharpen the Axe
- Why Boredom Is Holy
- Daily: Leave Five Minutes Early
- A Three-Breath Reset Between Meetings
- The Inbox Is Never Empty (And That's Okay)
- Mindfulness at the Desk: A Realistic Guide
July 2025
- Three Sentences That Have Carried Me Through Hard Days
- The Second Arrow
- Book Notes: When Things Fall Apart, by Pema Chödrön
- Daily: Name the Feeling, Then Return to the Breath
- Anxiety Is Not the Enemy
- What to Do When Your Chest Is Tight
June 2025
- Sleep Is a Spiritual Practice
- The Monk Who Forgot to Hurry
- On Eating Slowly
- Daily: Until the Tea Cools
- A Body Scan for People Who Hate Body Scans
- The Body Knows First
May 2025
- On Doing Less
- Why Your Phone Wins (And How to Take Some of It Back)
- The Stoic at the Bus Stop
- Book Notes: The Miracle of Mindfulness, by Thich Nhat Hanh
- A Five-Minute Breath Practice for Anxious Mornings
- What Attention Actually Is
- Daily: Feet on the Floor