A scratchy throat. The first faint shimmer of a fever. That’s all it takes. At that first sign of possible illness, an ancient feeling kicks in. Not just worry. A full-body alarm that feels wildly disproportionate to a sore throat—like everything I’ve built is about to collapse, like I’m going to miss out on something […]
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Once a month, I share the best of what I’ve been reading, watching, and exploring. Enjoy! Books A World Appears by Michael Pollan. Pollan wrote about food, then psychedelics, and has now arrived at consciousness itself. The premise: nobody actually knows where consciousness comes from, and Pollan sets out to ask everyone who claims to. […]
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My wife Kathy and I were at a retreat recently. A woman I’d just met came up to me between sessions. “It’s amazing watching you watch Kathy talk,” she said. “Your face lights up. You hang on every word like it’s the most interesting thing in the world.” “Because it is,” I said. People ask […]
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