This Friday, join us for our Elephant Retreat: elephantjournal.com/retreat ⁠ One hour of community connection, Q&A;, and a little meditation. ⁠We're talking: 10 Basic Salves for Burn-Out & Everyday Depression.  Bring your own ideas. Bring a friend. Let's show up for each other. You have to register, but it's free: elephantjournal.com/retreat to join Waylon Lewis for an hour of live community and conversation.  We had a long list of elephantjournal.com articles for you this week. Here's your mindful roundup:    ​Don’t Text & Drive, the Real Live Video. Conan O’Brien + Louis C.K.: “Everything’s Amazing + Nobody’s Happy. Pema Chodron: How to do Tonglen, a meditation practice for difficult times. Discover Your Ikigai—(Your Reason For Living). Right Livelihood: Find your mindful career path forward. The notion of Ikigai or Right Livelihood can Save our World by Serving our Commonwealth. This is Parenting. The Good Mother. Empaths are the Most Selfish People on the Planet.* How to tell if you’re an Empath or a Narcissist.  ⁠⁠

77. How to Relax in Uncertain Times (& How not to). An Elephant Gathering during COVID-19.

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235. How to go into a difficult situation.

In the latest episode of Elephant's long-running, award-winning podcast and video series Walk the Talk Show with Waylon Lewis, Waylon meets Dain Heer. They speak about (toxic, unhealthy, unkind and genuine, grounded, grownup) masculinity, unrealistic expectations, parenting—about what it means to be a man in today's society.  Subscribe to get our full conversations weekly.

234. Dain Heer on "What Masculinity *Is.*"

In this week’s Mindful Monday video & podcast, Waylon asks our Elephant Journal community to pick a page in his book “It’s Never too Late to Fall in Love with your Life.” A reader picked Chapter 10, and Waylon does an impromptu reading. “If you fill every moment of your day, your brain will burn out. If you allow gaps, your heart will flourish..” ~ Waylon Lewis, Chapter 10: “It’s Never too Late to Fall in Love with your Life.” Get Waylon's two books. They make great eco gifts and mindful, hopefully-life-changing reads.

233. Waylon reads Chapter 10 of “It’s Never too Late to Fall in Love with your Life.”

“This is the first generation where we actually know we’re destroying the future for all future generations.” ~ Waylon Lewis  Waylon talks about what, environmentally, he wishes he had understood more clearly 10 – 20 years ago. Plastic sucks: “Yet 95% of my own dear friends still waste single-use and fast-fashion plastic every single day.” Caring is difficult…because we risk feeling sad or even despondent…but when we lean into caring it leads to joy, love, empathy, activism, and positive change. Subscribe to get our full conversations weekly.

232. "95% of my own dear friends still waste single-use & fast fashion plastic every single day." ~ Waylon Lewis

Waylon asks our Elephant Journal community to pick a page in his book "It’s Never too Late to Fall in Love with your Life." A reader picked Chapter 18, and Waylon does an impromptu reading.  "Tonglen, the Buddhist meditation practice of 'sending and taking,' gives us a way to work with our (or others’) anger, suffering, stress, or heartbreak. Simple yet counter-intuitive, this meditation reverses the flow of ego, easing our silly crazy mopey neurosis and engendering compassion." ~ Waylon Lewis, Chapter 18: "It’s Never too Late to Fall in Love with your Life." Get Waylon's two books. They make great eco gifts and mindful, hopefully-life-changing reads.

77. How to Relax in Uncertain Times (& How not to). An Elephant Gathering during COVID-19.

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