Emergence

What is perceived as laziness is often the result of simply being stuck. Accepting the gifts of our shadow self may be the best way to get unstuck.

Midlife is a golden opportunity to transform your life. If you feel like you’ve strayed from your life’s path, take solace: I have yet to meet a fellow traveler on this journey of life who has not—including me.

Rituals enhance our lives by transforming ordinary actions into the extraordinary. Go out and experiment.

Neuroscience shows that we can leverage the architecture of our brains to create a more peaceful and productive mind.

The Conscience Code provides ten steps to help you fight for your values. But what if you don’t know what your values are in the first place?

Shawn Achor’s suggested practices are staples of my own practice of cultivating the optimal mindset.

The Power of Meaning introduces the foundational elements for crafting a more meaningful life, along with promising practices for cultivating them.

In this book, Jonathan Haidt distills time tested wisdom for living well from the world’s religious traditions and insights from contemporary social psychology into ten lessons for living well.

Bittersweet: How sadness and longing make us whole changed the way I think about sadness and loss in my daughter’s life and in my own.

Rick Hanson provides a trove of scientifically based (and wisdom-tradition-endorsed) practices for leading one’s life with compassion, courage, and positive impact.

The Enchiridion is timeless wisdom for all those who want to live freely and decide wisely.

Here are three of my top resources for emergence, a time when we are seeking more fulfillment in our work and relationships.