Dr. K’s discipline as emotion video: According to Dr. K, in an ancient hindu text, the yogis used “resolve” as a synonym for “discipline”. And defined the opposite of “resolve” as “doubt”.  And finally, he says that “resolve” is an emotion that can be cultivated through practice.  All of this…

Yesterday, I was chatting with my boyfriend about the benefits of anger, that righteous indignation that comes when I’ve been wronged. It comes rarely, but when it does, it feels like fuel, like energizing lifeblood. I stand up straighter, I think more clearly, I am alive and I won’t be…

Laziness gives way to darkness and desires. It leads to depression. It leads to immobility, to an empty life, to nothing fulfilled. The only way to live well is to move. Do something. When I’m scrolling on youtube, reddit, looking at fashion and beauty and lifestyle content, I’m seeking the…

My mother reads fiction the way I do, fast and with reckless abandon. I discovered this about her at age 12, after she devoured my novel, “Holes” by ___ in just a few hours. Until that day, I assumed she just didn’t enjoy reading for pleasure like me. I felt…