If you want to get boosted on Medium, elevate the quality of your writing — A seismic shift has occurred on Medium. It’s called “Boost Beta.” If you’re a writer on Medium, are you paying adequate attention to it? I read Medium CEO Tony Stubblebine’s announcement of the new boost published on February 21. …

Inspiration to help you transform attitudes and assumptions that block your happiness — We all long for happiness, don’t we? But often our actions are misaligned with our goal. So we end up creating suffering for ourselves instead. Popular author and meditation teacher, Sharon Salzberg ties real happiness to mindfulness and awareness. Salzberg has taught Vipassana meditation since 1974—close to fifty years. And…

We all have the innate capacity to heal trauma once we discover the right resources and tools — Reading books on trauma has been a powerful part of my healing process. They’ve helped me feel: Understood Validated No longer alone They’ve provided valuable resources and self-help tools I’ve used to heal and grow into my true self. I’m excited to share my top choices with you. But before…

Time-proven methods to help you feel present, calm, and clear — Mindfulness was never meant to be practiced sitting on a cushion 24 hours a day. Even monks in a monastery tend to personal business and go about their chores. Hence the famous Zen saying: “Before enlightenment, chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment, chop wood, carry water.” Even if your aim…

You can resist and suffer. Or learn to let go through the art of reflection on what’s true. — Unexpected change can be one of the hardest experiences in life. Chances are, you didn’t want the change. So, what now? Do you resist? Do you ruminate for hours, weeks, and months on end about the unfairness of it all? Do you long for what was so much it disturbs…

Boosting isn’t random. There are guidelines to be learned. — I know it’s frustrating when Medium changes the rules. But you have to adapt. Or you’ll go down. I know this simple truth from having written on Medium for two years. I’ve navigated its various twists and turns any number of times. We used to have “chosen for distribution.” Now…

That trickster death and the lack of world peace — Do you remember the scene from “Ms. Congeniality” (funniest movie of all time, I say) when undercover detective Gracie Hunt, posing as a beauty pageant aspirant is asked about the focus of her platform should she be chosen as the winner? All other finalists had demurely whispered, “World peace.” Sandra…

#1 As estrogen decreases, ADHD symptoms increase — ADHD can appear very differently in women and girls than it does in men and boys. I’m on a personal journey to learn as much as I can about ADHD in women because I have a number of ADHD-like symptoms myself. Until 1980, ADHD was considered a disorder of hyperactivity…

Commit to love. It will radically transform your life. — If you’re serious about loving yourself, it will take more than new clothes, a luxurious bath, or a sought-after date. Loving yourself means having the courage to peel back layers of pain and sadness. It means having the courage to be raw and still in the face of whatever arises…