27 Nov Inspiration FAITH THROUGH ADVERSITY: When fear says stop, faith says keep going November 27, 2025 By rdhhero 0 comments Life has a way of testing the foundations we think are solid. One month you’re moving steadily through your plans, and the next you’re ... Continue reading
25 Nov Inspiration BUDDHIST PRINCIPLES: 5 ways to incorporate them into your daily routine November 25, 2025 By rdhhero 0 comments As a Westerner, trying to develop on the eightfold path can be a head-scratching process. The Buddha’s teachings to renounce pleasure-s... Continue reading
20 Nov Inspiration 6 SCIENCE-BACKED TOOLS FOR A HAPPIER LIFE: And 3 myths to stop believing November 20, 2025 By rdhhero 0 comments It was about 2 a.m., phone glowing on my face, when I typed four words that would change everything: “how to be happy.” I s... Continue reading
19 Nov Inspiration THE BEAUTY OF A QUIET MIND: How quieting the mind awakens intuition and compassion November 19, 2025 By rdhhero 0 comments When the mind begins to quiet, something beautiful happens. A new layer starts to appear—the intuitive mind. It’s hard to explain, beca... Continue reading
13 Nov Inspiration WHAT WE NURTURE: The magic of parenting and gardening November 13, 2025 By rdhhero 0 comments I plug my daughter’s middle school address into Google Maps to see which way is the least congested, and then turn left to go the prett... Continue reading
11 Nov Inspiration THE QUIET INTELLIGENCE OF ATTENTION: Not intellect but attunement November 11, 2025 By rdhhero 0 comments If you look closely, there is a kind of seeing that happens before the eyes open. Before recognition, before the mind decides what a th... Continue reading
07 Nov Inspiration THE MINDFULNESS OF PRO WRESTLING: Or, don’t be a “mark”! November 7, 2025 By rdhhero 0 comments Around 10 years ago, I spent a weekend reliving my teenage times by renting a couple of ’90s World Wrestling Federation (WWF) pay... Continue reading
05 Nov Inspiration THE BUDDHA’S IDEAS ABOUT FREE WILL: Reflections on an essay by Thanissaro Bhikku November 5, 2025 By rdhhero 0 comments According to Thānissaro Bhikku, between the oppositional extremes of determinism and total free will, the Buddha characteristically pro... Continue reading
31 Oct Inspiration NOSTALGIA FOR THE PRESENT: Viewing our present through the same frame as we view the past October 31, 2025 By rdhhero 0 comments Perhaps especially when life seems, as the poet Robert Frost put it, “too much like a pathless wood,” it’s common enough to allow our o... Continue reading
23 Oct Inspiration WHEN THE MIND WANDERS HOME: Meditation as narrative repair October 23, 2025 By rdhhero 0 comments The stories we tell about ourselves can become cages. Mine were lined with perfectionism and survival logic—a looping narrative that sa... Continue reading