In this conversation, mindfulness teacher Mark Molony and I explore a deceptively simple question:

How does experience shape the way we see situations?

What began as a discussion about mindfulness quickly became something deeper:

• Why experienced practitioners often slow down rather than speed up
• How expertise can quietly harden into an assumption
• The difference between reaction and awareness
• And why experience can both help us… and mislead us

Along the way, we discuss:

practice wisdom, ego, AI, intuition, judgment, relationships, and the subtle space between noticing something and reacting to it.

One idea stayed with me long after the conversation ended:

Perhaps mature experience isn’t about becoming more certain…

but becoming more aware of how quickly certainty appears.