Category: meditation

How to Stop Getting Distracted and Regain Your Focus

By John Rampton Pinging phones. Dinging computers. Intrusive thoughts. Modern-day life is filled with distractions. Without a doubt, the problem of concentrating can affect anyone. Nearly three-quarters of high performers struggle with distracting thoughts at least part of the time, according to a survey by Harvard Business Review. That means that even your go-getter, Type-A colleague, or boss probably…


Chronically Depressed Woman Finds Healing in Persecuted Meditation System

“Why am I suffering so much? Why is life like this? Why does my family treat me badly? Why are some people so bad? Why do I live here?” These were the many questions that a chronically depressed Romanian woman was struggling to seek the answers to. Reclaiming her mental health was getting seemingly impossible…


4 Healthy Living Tips That Can Help Your Business

When you think of building your business and staying on track, there is a good chance that you aren’t thinking about your health. However, healthy living can be a key to your business. If you want to excel in business—and improve your quality of life as well—it makes sense to pay attention to your health….


A Dozen Ways to Get a Better Night’s Sleep

You’ve had a long day and you’re exhausted. You finally call it a night and get into bed for a restful eight hours. You try to relax, but all of a sudden your mind is in overdrive. It’s rehashing the day and planning for tomorrow, next week, and next year. In short order, any thoughts…


We’re All Monastics Now

My Zen teacher Susan recently told a group of her students at the end of a Zen meditation retreat, “We’re all monastics now.” In this pandemic, we’re in an era of isolation, retreat. We’re also in an era of heightened uncertainty. This can be a terrible thing and drive us to loneliness and distraction—or it can be…