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Like, where do our tablets, smartphones, desktops, laptops, and game consoles come from? The box? The phone store? Sigh. It’s not good, y’all. For one thing, our tech is made up of different kinds of metals that must be extracted from the earth: iron, aluminum, magnesium, copper, silver, gold, graphite, and lithium, to name just a few. That mining destroys the ecosystem of the mined area and the area around the mining area, not to mention the communities living in those areas....

In this video from 2016, the UK’s Mental Health Foundation shares some startling statistics: isolation can be as bad for your health as smoking 15 cigarettes a day. How Isolation Impacts Our Health How Isolation Impacts Our Health “We are made for community, to be connected with others, in fact we cant thrive in life without good relationships” the Mental Health Foundation says. Experiencing isolation can place us at greater risk for high blood pressure, poor sleep, and damaged immunity....

Have you ever had a babysitter cancel on you? Or you wanted to go out but you had to bring your kids along? I know it has happened to us so many times! You know date night is not only fun, but also important, and yet without a babysitter, date night plans tend to fall apart. Taking children to a restaurant is usually filled with chaos rather than romance… sounds familiar, right?...

There is some emerging evidence that more benefits may result from spending more time in mindfulness practice, but I would suggest letting your experience be your guide. What feels right to you? Do you notice the impact of your practice on the rest of your life? Would you appreciate more of whatever it is that you notice? That could be the answer to your question. But curiosity should really be your guide in this situation....

If that sounds hokey, consider recent reports on stress levels and lack of downtime in the workforce (not to mention lack of sleep). Daniel Goleman, a former New York Times reporter and bestselling author, lays out the four key skills of an emotionally intelligent leader in the New York Times: 1) Self-awareness: In a busy world, we don’t usually take the time to do in-depth self-examination, to really understand what our principles are—not what somebody told you, not what’s said in a book....