Daron Larson

What a Waste of Relief The number one and number two sneakiest ways to practice mindfulness most meditation teachers keep to themselves.

The most challenging aspect of mindfulness practice is remembering to do it consistently. It’s easy to approach it too narrowly or preciously.

Feel Your Feelings 101
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In Episode 4 of Interfering Neurotic, Dr. Ash King and I discuss how to tease apart physical and emotional sensations and why rushing to make sense of our feelings gets in the way of us feeling them.

A Paper Orchestra Quote shared via Kindle: "I’ve been on both sides of this problem: first, as a child; then later, as an adult with my own children. Do I encourage them to go down the path they’re best suited for, or ...

“I’ve been on both sides of this problem: first, as a child; then later, as an adult with my own children. Do I encourage them to go down the path they’re best suited for, or push them to step out of their comfort zone? It’s hard to know which is more loving.”

Michael Jamin, from A Paper Orchestra

Right? Sometimes, our desire for people's suffering to end gets in the way of supporting them. Imagine telling someone recovering from a serious illness to heal faster.

My friend Ash and I chat about this in our new podcast.

YouTube video by TED You aren't at the mercy of your emotions -- your brain creates them | Lisa Feldman Barrett

"Predictions link the sensations in your body that give you these simple feelings with what's going on around you in the world so that you know what to do, and sometimes, those constructions are emotions."

Lisa Feldman Barrett

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Tilda Swinton Would Like a Word With Trump About His Mother (Gift Article) The Academy Award-winning actress discusses her lifelong quest for connection, humanity’s innate goodness and the point of being alive.

“Moving on, in many ways, is grossly overrated.”

~Tilda Swinton

How Luigi Mangione Probably Gave Himself Away A former FBI agent spells out the methods law enforcement officials use to tighten their dragnet.

“What fun is a crime if you do it and nobody knows? And that’s why people usually get caught.”

Jerry Clark

Emotional Meteorology You can learn to distinguish between physical and emotional body sensations and escalate the unpleasant ones less.

We can learn to notice more nuance in perceptions that convey feeling with practice. This involves noticing the differences between physical and emotional sensations.

YouTube video by Big Think Psychologist debunks 8 myths of mass scale | Todd Rose

"We don't care about fame, but we believe everybody else cares about fame more than anything else. We have commercials, movies, and television shows telling us that a successful life is about being famous. The younger generation doesn't privately value fame, but they're internalizing the illusion."

I played a challenging piece by Debussy that I love. Afterward, someone told me she saw a woman who was an accomplished pianist moving her hands and fingers along as I played. When most of the others left the room, she sat down at the piano to play Clair de Lune from memory.

My friend Ami and I performed for a very warm audience of residents at an assisted living and memory care facility last Friday. It was such a treat for us. My favorite part was hearing the audience sing along.

There's nothing like losing electricity and WiFi for a day to remind you how amazing and useful they both are. Essential even.

I have a deeper appreciation today for the Columbus Metropolitan Library (didn't have to cancel my two scheduled webinars) and AEP (for addressing the problem so quickly).

Megapod: Why Is There So Much BS in Psychology? - The Ringer What is psychology for? What would progress in psychology mean? And how can this field—which might be the discipline I follow than any other in academia—become more of a science?

Adam Mastroianni recently discussed the availability heuristic ("estimating how common something is by how easily it comes to mind") with Derek Thompson as part of a larger conversation about psychology's replicability challenges.

Humans Are About to Learn Like Never Before Humans aren’t good at predicting the future, but sometimes you can see a trend that promises something great -- like “a genie is granting your wish” great. I think this might be happening right now wi...

"Far more learning could happen in this world if more people could remain interested and attentive to what’s being said."

David Cain

Collective Illusions From trust and conformity to aspiration, this new series, hosted by Todd Rose, explores and decodes the world's greatest Collective Illusions.

"From trust and conformity to aspiration, this new series, hosted by Todd Rose, explores and decodes the world’s greatest Collective Illusions."

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In the third conversation of Interfering Neurotic, Dr. Ash King and I discuss personalities who tend to attract more attention online.

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Predictions 2025 | Free Live Event

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You Are Not a Rock: A Step-by-Step Guide to Better Mental Health (for Humans) Quote shared via Kindle: "if you believe you need to have a specific feeling before you can do what matters to you, trying to chase that feeling consumes you and leaves nothing for what matters. When ...

“If you believe you need to have a specific feeling before you can do what matters to you, trying to chase that feeling consumes you and leaves nothing for what matters. When you cut out compulsions, you break that IF X THEN Y pattern.”

~ Mark Freeman, from You Are Not a Rock

The Lost Art of the Ideal and the Cycle of Futility In modern discourse, we focus on the politics of the possible, with a sense of futility about real, positive change. It's time to say what we really want, by embracing the politics of the ideal.

“The media, day and night, breathlessly focuses on the contours of what’s achievable within the narrow band of options being discussed, so viewers never consider broader alternatives.“

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If you could practice spinning the straw of indifference into the gold of real care, would you do it? Where could you start?

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The path to happiness is open, but following it is hard. | Waking Up Open the door to a deeper understanding of yourself—with guided meditations and insights for living a more examined life.

Could wisdom simply be the ability to follow one’s own advice?

Healthy intimacy is counter-instinctual. Feeling close to another person isn't rooted in perfection or feeling worthy. It emerges from sharing our vulnerabilities. But making our private thoughts and feelings public is obviously fraught.

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Dr. Ash King and I discuss the art of oversharing online in the third conversation of Interfering Neurotic.

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“I am grateful for what I am and have.

My thanksgiving is perpetual.

It is surprising how contented one can be with nothing definite—only a sense of existence.”

~ Henry David Thoreau

“If you think you are enlightened; go home for Thanksgiving.”

~ Ram Dass

Notice you’re alive more often than never Exercising your attention doesn't fix anything, but it eventually changes how you relate to everything.

Exercising my attention through mindfulness practice doesn't fix anything. It changes how I relate to everything.

I don't mean how I think about things. I mean the capacity to respond to moments without constantly micromanaging them as they unfold.

Seeing with Your Eyes Closed Peering into the darkness that only you can see.

When we think about thinking, we usually describe our internal chatter and the specific types of content it generates, but mental activity also has a visual component. Observing it helps us untangle it from verbal thoughts and the related emotional components.