Intro
Oliver Burkeman
Oliver introduces the playlist.
Contemplation
Joan Tollifson
Urge and intention simply arise in a mysterious flow of experience.
Preview
Lesson
Rob Walker
Look for things nobody wants you to look for. Look slowly. Look repeatedly.
Good ideas fade when you dawdle, but they flourish when you usher them into reality.
Kieran Setiya
"Embrace your losses as fair payment for the surplus of being alive."
Exercise
Richard Lang
Gaze at your body. Notice how the space above your chest fades to open spaciousness.
David Whyte
“Routine can be a way of forming intimate bonds with time itself.”
Crossing to-dos off your list doesn’t make life full. Savoring their abundance does.
Robert Waldinger
Balance aspiration and self-criticism with realism and self-acceptance.
Meditation
Kelly Boys
Notice thoughts and sensations, and allow yourself to drift into states of sleep.
Sam Harris
Discover why real mindfulness is effortless.
Talk
Charlotte Joko Beck
True peace often comes once we accept, rather than flee, our most difficult emotions.
Sam dismantles the concept of free will and invites you to join.
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Playlist cover art by Matthew Bede Murphy (top right), Ryan Miller (bottom left), Marta Ryczko (bottom right).