For many years as you leave your house in the morning you walk by a lovely stream that snakes its way through your neighborhood. This stream is peaceful and helps you prepare for the day and de-stress when you come home in the evening. Everyday you witness children throwing little twigs and sticks into the water. You know the children well, and the scene is quite familiar to you. You see the … [Read more...]

Living our lives can be a very tough job. Living our lives can also be a very wondrous experience. These are facts for most if not all human beings. Here is another simple fact that can change your life profoundly: when you practice acknowledging that life is generally both very hard and quite amazing, you can begin to more peacefully greet the harder moments with a sense of appreciation for … [Read more...]

Welcome to my blog, Life Less Hard: The Art & Science of Mindful Living. I have conceptualized this blog as a way to communicate with the public about how we can live our lives with greater ease, with less suffering, with more joy, and with more purpose. The title, Life Less Hard, implies that our lives are usually pretty tough. But the encouraging part is that we can do some pretty simple … [Read more...]