Incantation 10: I Am Equal To This Challenge
Today’s episode is episode 13 of the Ten-Second Centering Series We regularly get uncentered in anticipation of doing something that strikes us as hard to do. The thought of that unpleasant task raises our anxiety level, which immediately uncenters us. For many of us, an awful ... Read More
Incantation 9: I Am Open To Joy
Today’s episode is episode 12 of the Ten-Second Centering Series Joy is the word we use for a certain deep, delicious feeling that sometimes arises in us just because the sun is shining and it feels good to be alive. But because of our frenetic pace, our worried mind, our exist... Read More
Incantation 8: I Make My Meaning
Today’s episode is episode 11 of the Ten-Second Centering Series Centering and meaning are connected. If your days don’t feel meaningful, an uncentering restlessness and boredom set in, along with existential anxiety and, eventually, a bout of depression. Incantation 8 can p... Read More
Incantation 7: I Am Free of the Past
Today’s episode is episode 10 of the Ten-Second Centering Series We are pretty convinced that people are significantly harmed by experiences like being shamed, beaten, ignored, discounted, mocked, and abandoned. Nor can encountering a lot of disappointments, rejections, defeats... Read More
Incantation 6: I Embrace This Moment
Today’s episode is episode 9 of the Ten-Second Centering Series Each of us can read a book, watch a television show, run errands, have a chat with a friend, and in countless other ways pass the time of day. But if we turn off the television set and just sit there, endeavoring t... Read More
Incantation 5: I Feel Supported
Today’s episode is episode 8 of the Ten-Second Centering Series You come to your parents and say, “I want to take a risky path and become a painter. You know I love art and don’t want to do anything else. I know how hard a time I’m going to have and I know that I may fal... Read More
Incantation 4: I Trust My Resources
Today’s episode is episode 7 of the Ten-Second Centering Series When you use Incantation 4 you announce to yourself that you have sufficient resources to achieve your goals, live a centered life, and successfully accomplish the work that you named in Incantation 3. What would ... Read More
Incantation 3: I Am Doing My Work
Today’s episode is episode 6 of the Ten-Second Centering Series Incantation 3 is the most interesting and intricate of the incantations. Each time you use it, you insert a new phrase that names some work that you hope to accomplish. There is great centering power in mindfully ... Read More
Incantation 2: I Expect Nothing
Today’s episode is episode 5 of the Ten-Second Centering Series While it is wonderful and necessary to have goals, dreams, hopes, and ambitions, it is a mental and emotional mistake to have expectations. Desire as much as you like. Plan as carefully as you like. Try as hard as ... Read More
Incantation 1: I Am Completely Stopping
Today’s episode is episode 4 of the Ten-Second Centering Series All of us are rushing around, prodded and pulled by our multiple duties and responsibilities. We’re doing too many things and worrying too much. Many of us are also in a mad rush because we’re running away fro... Read More