Excerpts from 9 Month Journey through the Heart Mind by Jane Chin, Ph.D., a collection of meditations about living an Authentic Life. tags: prophets false addiction approval mind heart generosity truth life purpose happiness authentic thinking Heart Mind, Lessons from an Authentic Life

Almost two years ago, I saw a fly crawling about on the carpet of our office. The fly was dying. It seemed discontent with each spot on the carpet. It would stop for a few moments, then continued crawling for a new spot. It was looking for its final resting place. Eventually, the fly found [...]

THE ORIGIN OF THIS MANIFESTO… Suppose you get just one more week to live. Seven days. Then your life returns to where it came. What would you do? Urban Monk‘s little project of donating money to charity in exchange for bloggers writing their hypothetical “last blog posts” had bloggers brainstorming on what they’d say to [...]

Every Tuesday evening, I go through the same feelings of anxiety and dread as I had experienced for many Tuesday evenings. I go to a beginner comedy improv class. If you think I have a bad case of the nerves now, you can imagine the cold sweat and nausea I had last semester. You may [...]