Category: Serious Play
Yale’s Happiness Professor Says Anxiety Is Destroying Her Students
There’s an enormous culture around us of capitalism that’s telling us to buy things and a hustle-achievement culture that destroys my students in terms of anxiety. We’re also fighting cultural forces that are telling us, “You’re not happy enough; happiness could just be around the corner.” Part of it’s all the information out there about happiness, which can be hard to sift through, but a lot of it is a deeper thing in our culture that seems to be leading us astray.
(New York Times)
Prolific audio naturalist Martyn Stewart has released a free collection of his remarkable recordings before his passing
We Could All Use More Wisdom Right Now
Wisdom promotes personal and social well-being.
Here’s how to gain some. (Elemental)
# Love One Another
Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time – Official Trailer | HD | IFC Films
When Mindlessness Is Better Than Mindfulness
Sometimes, don’t pay so much attention (Scientific American).
“There is a vitality, a life force . . .”
“There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all of time, this expression is unique. And if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium and it will be lost. The world will not have it. It is not your business to determine how good it is nor how valuable nor how it compares with other expressions. It is your business to keep it yours clearly and directly, to keep the channel open. You do not even have to believe in yourself or your work. You have to keep yourself open and aware to the urges that motivate you. Keep the channel open.”
— Martha Graham
The Amazing Power of a Good Hike
Stressed? Exhausted? Depressed? Here’s a surefire way to clear your head and improve your health. (Elemental)
Dean’s List 