The one thing the positive-thinking gurus got right
I’m an engineer by training. “Good vibes” makes me want to leave the room.
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Where you’ve been holding it — a body map you didn’t know you had
Shoulders up around your ears since nine this morning. You noticed at nine tonight.
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The hundred-kilo backpack
Nobody handed you the bag.
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Crying is the emotional equivalent of going to the toilet
Imagine needing the toilet and refusing to go.
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Why your jaw hurts
The dentist gave you a night guard.
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Why you got angry at a piece of music
Years ago, after a session, someone told me that the drum track I’d played had made them irrationally angry.
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What the practice is actually for (it isn’t relaxation)
Most people come to this expecting to lie down, feel warm and fuzzy, and get up smiling.
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Nine things people apologise for in meditation that are actually the point
Every week someone says sorry for crying.
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You know exactly what you need to do. You still don’t do it.
The form is still sitting there. Or the phone call. The email in drafts. The conversation you’ve written a hundred versions of and started none.
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The walk home in the rain (a story about where your whole life has gone)
You forgot your umbrella.