Insights
A collection of 90 posts
The Language of the Mind
How we talk to ourselves and the language we use internally shapes our reality. I have run a short series on this over the week in the meditation course and this blog article is extracted from those classes.
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Unlearning
Much of meditation is not learning but unlearning. How we suppress our connection to the body, why that makes sitting still difficult, and why we always begin with the breath.
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Pure Awareness
Insights on awareness for meditators: the three levels of awareness, the rock in the stream, the surfer at the break, and why awareness is standard human equipment.
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Learning to See Life Through a New Lens
How meditation shifts perspective: the evidence for equanimity, a sunk cost experiment, and the changes you only notice looking back.
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Walking with Nature, a Path to Presence
Mindful Walking, Walking Meditation and Forest Bathing: A Practical Guide
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The Algorithms of the Mind
Some snippets from a class I taught in the Deepening Course on Wednesday 10 June
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Sometimes We Ask the Wrong Questions
Most people quit meditation because their mind is too busy. The real problem is something else.
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Two Meditation Frameworks That Actually Work in the Real World
About my two main meditation frameworks
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The Law of Reverse Effect
How the mind ironically often gives us the opposite of what we want - from a class taught in May, 2026
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Mantra for an Unruly Mind
An article from a talk I gave in a meditation class on Tuesday, 5 May 2026
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Relaxation, Focus and Calmness
This is from the transcript of the last class in a mini-series I taught on Relaxation, Focus, and Calmness in The Meditation Course.
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Physiological regulation
Meditation is about the body as well as the mind and with practice we learn to regulate our physiological state.
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How to Redefine Yourself: Life Beyond Roles, Goals, and Expectations
Part of the Seeing Yourself Thought a New Lens series
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Learning to Unlearn
How to retrain your mind and responses to work with you, not against you.
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What Is Mindfulness-Based Resilience?
Inside the training that can help to transform your resilience
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Insights Into Resilience - Weekly Insight 22 March 2026
Meditation is the inexhaustible resource that builds a foundation for resilience.
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How to Build a Meditation Practice the Frictionless Way - Weekly Insight March 13, 2026
Learn about the evidence-based and experience-backed framework that can help you to finally build a sustainable meditation practice.
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Weekly Insights for Sunday 8 March, 2026 - The Mind Palace
An exploration of the three-dimensional nature of meditation.
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Weekly Insight - 1 March 2026: Finding the Path From Confusion to Clarity
The Weekly Insight Post is back with a short article on how to step out of the confusion of the modern mind.
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Weekly Insight - Finding Clarity of Mind Part 1 - Managing Mind Loops
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Weekly Insight - Sun 8 Feb
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Weekly Insight - Finding the Dial to the Volume Control of Your Mind
This week's insights article is based on the talk I gave at yesterday's meditation class.
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Weekly Insight: Coherent Action - The Frictionless Way in Practice
Learn how to leverage those practices which you find easiest
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Weekly Insights and a Retrospective of the Last Decade - Sunday 25 January
Some recent social posts and images from my in-person meditation training over the last decade (actually 13 years now...)
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Weekly Insights Is Back Next Week: Your January Reset Plan Inside
No Weekly Insights this Sunday, but something for everyone in this week’s line-up.
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Weekly Insights on Resilience and The January Update - Sunday 11 January
This week's collection of meditation microlearning posts and an update on the training for January
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Weekly Insights - Sunday 4 January 2026
This week's collection of meditation microlearning posts.
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Weekly Insights - 28 December - Loving Awareness
This week's collection of meditation microlearning posts.
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Weekly Insights - 20 December 2025
This week's collection of meditation microlearning posts.
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Weekly Insights - 14 December 2025 - The Frictionless Way Post 2
This week's collection of meditation microlearning posts.
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