When your mind feels busy and thoughts keep looping, it can be hard to settle. This is a simple, practical way I sometimes use to create a bit of space so the mind can soften and focus again.

We tell ourselves we need more — more savings, more security, more for the future. But what if the real question isn’t how much we have, but why we feel it’s not enough?

I never part with my passport—until an ashram in India asked me to leave it behind. What I expected to feel was anxiety. What I felt instead surprised me.