Meditation: A Beginner’s Guide

Over the past several years, scientific research has confirmed that meditation improves the brain in several significant ways.  One of the most surprising discoveries is that the benefits of meditation are not limited to intangible, subjective ones reported by test participants, but that meditation also produces physical improvements in brain structure that have been confirmed with fMRI

The Post-Mormon Serenity Prayer

As someone who just joined the LDS Church in 2011, it may seem presumptuous of me to give advice to lifelong Mormons transitioning away from their faith. However, I am eminently qualified to offer my expert analysis because I’m a lifelong quitter; particularly when it comes to churches. In fact, I’m currently on the rolls

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The Guru in the Mirror

If you could go back in time to re-live a particular stage in your life, not for the purpose of undoing past “mistakes” but purely for the joy of living that stage in life again, which would you choose? I once asked my wife and a friend that question and we all came to the

The Theater

“All the world’s a stage, And all the men and women merely players. They have their exits and their entrances, And one man in his time plays many parts, His acts being seven ages.” -Shakespeare In hindsight, it’s easy to see the rise and falls in the plot of my life, but in the present time I don’t