People are locked inside. Some are loving it. Some are finding that nothing is a tremendously challenging 'thing' to do. IMO learning to truly do nothing is the key to mental health, both in the moment and depending a felt sense of well-being over time. 

I've been noticing more and more how often I spend my days thinking about something other than what's happening. I get up, shower, make coffee, break my fast and haven't taken a moment to just take in my world. Already up in my head calculating, planning, worrying, etc etc. 
How much time do we spend lost in thoughts? Often the same thoughts over and over again...if they were leading anywhere worthwhile surely we'd have gotten there a long time ago. 

Do we know our bodies as they are? Experiencing and knowing them directly? Or is there a missing link between our physical bodies and the experience we take as our bodies? What does this mean for being self conscious, suffering from pain, or overwhelmed by nausea? 

It's easy to slip into thinking our body is something in our life to manage. Here I touch on some of the surface level changes that we can see in real time that come with slowing down inside. 
Our sense of stress comes to us through 'our environment', but our environment is brought to us via our thinking in the moment. When we have a head filled with anxious thinking our system gets the signal that it's time for a fight or flight response. We aren't designed to live like this this on a full-time basis. 

Sharing the value of personal experiences, moments of clarity, and insights, but also the liability of being fixated on such experiences. 
A short reflection on what I learned from Desthein about  what we're left with once an experience passes and what role these peak experiences might have in a more contented life. 

It's easy to take our impression of something as the thing itself. This is a perfectly honest mistake as it really looks that way! 
What happens when we start to question what we've taken as true? What if we're a little less certain what we see is the whole truth? We have ideas about people, relationships, career options, our childhoods, and even ourselves that we act as if are objective truths. 
Learning to honestly look again at life for a new way of seeing and is a critical life skill to develop. 

Question: Why is it most people are in a continual hassle with life? It seems to me its one turmoil after another.
"Basically, man fights himself and causes all conflicts within. When one begins to investigate 'within', this investigation leads to love and understanding of oneself and others."
-Sydney Banks

Telling the story of the first time I got a taste of what I was actually looking for. What it felt like not to be blocked by fears, doubt, and continual inhibition. 

What does it mean to truly have nothing on your mind? Are there thoughts that you never put down that cloud your judgment? Like having scratches on a windshield obstructing your view while you drive?

Here is the introduction to my podcast where I'll be sharing my experience being 'stuck in my head' and overwhelmed by anxiety on a nearly full-time basis, what I tried to find my way out of that experience, and the insights and experiences I had along the way which helped me exist more freely in the world.