If slowing down your mind feels impossible, there’s a good reason. When “mind” is telling “mind” to be quiet, something is always talking, either as brain chatter or an internal reprimand against it. Neither is soothing. For this reason, many have shared with me that they aren’t able to meditate. People typically want to meditate for the sake of feeling better. We want to de-stress, relax, slow down obsessive thinking, feel free from critical inner dialogue, feel more grounde

While writing a poem, an unexpected description of L.O.V.E came to me, representing a different layer of meaning I had not seen before. I saw L.O.V.E. standing for Limitless Organizing Vital Essence. The Matrix of All, if you will. This isn’t something that easily rolls off the tongue, for sure, but what it says feels curiously true. It invites us to expand our understanding of Love through experiences of daily life and beyond. The “beyond” part is what can trip up the mind