I’m fascinated by our relationship with technology, both the good and the bad – our intentional and our unintentional use of it, knowing when we are using a tool or living in unconscious cybernetic feedback loops. As author Erik Davis asks, “What is the nature of control?”
It is with this interest I wanted to profile my fellow TEDActive colleagues on the subject during our annual convergence to Palm Springs, CA for a week of what my friend Leigh Rowan called a “brain spa” where we simulcast, action, and create our own talks around the TED event held in Long… Read the rest
Check your watch. It’s now again.
That got some laughes as mindfulness teacher Jon Kabat-Zinn played with those of us gathered for the Wisdom 2.0 Summit 2013 in San Francisco the final weekend of February as he chuckled through the essential lesson, be present.
Nearly 1,800 people came together in… Read the rest
As I sit in gratitude of another year of healthy life on this planet, I am taking the occasion to ask you to join me with a birthday wish: to give our kids essential skills for focus and stress management, room to breathe.
In a data streaming world of accelerating… Read the rest
Be Radical and Drop In To Right Now
I always wanted to be radical, be someone who passionately operates from the foundation of it all.
So when our mindfulness teacher Jon Kabat-Zinn proposed we “be radical and drop in to right now” during a weekend at the StillHeart Institute… Read the rest
