Be at ease in your own life.Mitchell, Stephen. Tao Te Ching. HarperPerennial, 1992, p. 68.

Be at ease in your own life.Mitchell, Stephen. Tao Te Ching. HarperPerennial, 1992, p. 68.

Episode 133- The Essence of Wisdom

Episode 132- Sharing is Caring

Do you fear finality?Herbert, Frank. Dune. New York, ACE, 1965. p. 219.

Do you fear finality?Herbert, Frank. Dune. New York, ACE, 1965. p. 219.

Episode 131- What's Left Incomplete

Episode 130- Another Purpose for Chores

Adolescent adventure, if only through the pages.Karr, Mary. Cherry. New York, Penguin, 2000. p. 5.

Adolescent adventure, if only through the pages.Karr, Mary. Cherry. New York, Penguin, 2000. p. 5.

Episode 129- Texas Wisdom, Californian Dreams

Episode 128- Imagination for the Rest of Us

Things carry more than themselves.von Morstein, Petra. “Thing Poem.” An Alle. 1969.

Things carry more than themselves.von Morstein, Petra. “Thing Poem.” An Alle. 1969.

Episode 127- Things Infused with Meaning

Episode 126- Grieve Loss

You can try to control, but at some point, it’s time to surrender.

You can try to control, but at some point, it’s time to surrender.

Episode 125- Sweet Surrender

How do you approach your curiosity with other people?

How do you approach your curiosity with other people?

Episode 124- Breathe Life Into the Unknown

Explore mindfulness, creativity, and philosophy each Wednesday morning in an engaging 5 minutes or less. Intimately narrated, Dara Zycherman offers up questions and activities to provoke deeper inner analysis. This mid-week pick-me-up will help you reflect and re-center.  For more about adopting a minimalist and mindful lifestyle, visit whylessequalsmore.com.

So relaxing with great bits of insight to help you focus or refocus your day. Keep it up!

Love!

Thank you!

Explore mindfulness, creativity, and philosophy each Wednesday morning in an engaging 5 minutes or less. Intimately narrated, Dara Zycherman offers up questions and activities to provoke deeper inner analysis. This mid-week pick-me-up will help you reflect and re-center. For more about adopting a minimalist and mindful lifestyle, visit <a href="http://whylessequalsmore.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">whylessequalsmore.com</a>.

Words for Wednesday

Episode 42- Daily Reminder of Beliefs

Episode 74- Graveyard Wallpaper

Safety is a prison.Chopra, Deepak. The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success: A Practical Guide to the Fulfillment of Your Dreams. Amber-Allen Publishing and New World Library, 1994. pgs. 81- 86.

Safety is a prison.Chopra, Deepak. The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success: A Practical Guide to the Fulfillment of Your Dreams. Amber-Allen Publishing and New World Library, 1994. pgs. 81- 86.

Episode 56- The Wisdom of Uncertainty

Listen to your heart.Rinpoche, Sogyal. The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying. New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 2002.

Listen to your heart.Rinpoche, Sogyal. The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying. New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 2002.

Episode 75- You are Two People

Are you afraid of the dark? What creativity lurks in the shadows?Dickinson, Emily. "We Grow Accustomed to the Dark." The Poems of Emily Dickinson, edited by Thomas H. Johnson, Harvard University Press, 1998, p. 325.Jacobs, Tom. “Dim Lighting Sparks Creativity.” Pacific Standard. Jun. 14, 2017. https://psmag.com/economics/dim-lighting-sparks-creativity-60437. Apr. 26, 2019.

Are you afraid of the dark? What creativity lurks in the shadows?Dickinson, Emily. "We Grow Accustomed to the Dark." The Poems of Emily Dickinson, edited by Thomas H. Johnson, Harvard University Press, 1998, p. 325.Jacobs, Tom. “Dim Lighting Sparks Creativity.” Pacific Standard. Jun. 14, 2017. <a href="https://psmag.com/economics/dim-lighting-sparks-creativity-60437" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://psmag.com/economics/dim-lighting-sparks-creativity-60437</a>. Apr. 26, 2019.

Episode 54- Creativity Through Darkness

Episode 39- Based on a True Story

Don’t get hung up on your preferences, if you prefer to be happy.

Don’t get hung up on your preferences, if you prefer to be happy.

Episode 38- Unreasonable Preferences

Episode 35- Just Dance

Episode 41- Haha!

Find the balance in compassion.Das, Ram. “How Can We Cultivate a Compassionate Heart to Find Freedom? Feb. 27, 2019. https://www.ramdass.org/cultivate-compassionate-heart-freedom/. Apr. 28, 2019.

Find the balance in compassion.Das, Ram. “How Can We Cultivate a Compassionate Heart to Find Freedom? Feb. 27, 2019. <a href="https://www.ramdass.org/cultivate-compassionate-heart-freedom/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.ramdass.org/cultivate-compassionate-heart-freedom/</a>. Apr. 28, 2019.

Episode 55- Practice Compassion

Ask yourself some tough questions.

Episode 37- Self-Interview

As kids, we made up our own rules. You still can.

As kids, we made up our own rules. You still can.

Episode 36- A Way to Play

Accepting that all things change is freedom.

Accepting that all things change is freedom.

Episode 40- All Things Change

Meditation, of the floral variety.Oliver, Mary. “Moccasin Flowers.” The Atlantic. June 1987. p.64.

Meditation, of the floral variety.Oliver, Mary. “Moccasin Flowers.” The Atlantic. June 1987. p.64.

Episode 99- Meditate … with Plants

Episode 97- A Tale of Finding Space in Your Home

Turning the tables on our inner editor.Goldberg, Natalie. Writing Down the Bones. Boston, Shambhala, 1986, p. 28.

Turning the tables on our inner editor.Goldberg, Natalie. Writing Down the Bones. Boston, Shambhala, 1986, p. 28.

Episode 96- The Harsh Editor in Our Minds

We can all use a hug sometimes, from ourselves. 

We can all use a hug sometimes, from ourselves.

Episode 95- All About Hugs

Old fashioned excitement for a musician’s new release.

Old fashioned excitement for a musician’s new release.

Episode 94- An Album Drop

Right and left, or east and west.Lent, Jeremy. The Patterning Instinct. New York, Prometheus Books, 2017, p. 197.

Right and left, or east and west.Lent, Jeremy. The Patterning Instinct. New York, Prometheus Books, 2017, p. 197.

Episode 93- Redefining Direction

Do you hold a hidden creative calling deep within you?Jarvis, Chase. Creative Calling. New York, HarperCollins Publishers, 2019, pp. 23-24.

Do you hold a hidden creative calling deep within you?Jarvis, Chase. Creative Calling. New York, HarperCollins Publishers, 2019, pp. 23-24.

Episode 92- Creating Space for Creativity

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