I’m Nate, a writer, mindfulness practitioner and student of the inner workings of the mind.This blog is a place where I share my thoughts and ideas on mindfulness, meditation, psychology and work.
I recently read an article about meditation on the Huffington Post that was brutally honest about how challenging meditation can be. Here’s a direct quote from that article: Imagine that one day your curiosity got the best of you, and you decided to go to a rodeo. Having never been to one, you check out…
I just ran across a brilliant video from the folks over at the Here and Now Project. Their comments about meditation being a social activity rather than an individual activity are quite refreshing. Here’s the two minute video: Interconnectedness Meditation does start with the individual. So, in that sense there is certainly an aspect to…
Below is an audio clip of some thoughts I had regarding a call I listened to this morning. The topic is on being committed to not being committed. I’ve never done any sort of audio clip like this and it’s definitely stepping out my comfort zone as the complete clip is unedited. I’m ok with…
This is a continuation of my mindfulness in everyday life series. The first article in the series is Mindfulness In Everyday Life Series: Your Morning Shower. In this article I write about a very simple, yet wonderful experience I had while I was in Prague. I’m standing on top of Petrin Hill near Hradcany Castle…
Ok, so I call this blog Fearless Endeavors and when I started the blog, it was all about facing your fears head on and conquering them. Kind of bold considering I still have a crap-load of fears that knock on my door on a daily basis. By far, the biggest fear I have….the one that…
Hey everyone! Man, I’ve been wanting to write a series on incorporating mindfulness in your everyday lives for quite some time, but I’ve put it off for some reason. Not sure if I was scared I couldn’t come up with anything….or rather enough to write. At any rate, a couple of events sparked me to…
Note: This is a pretty raw version of a ‘manifesto’ I wrote this past week. There’s a lot of talk out there about manifestos…and I think the meaning and purpose can possibly be misconstrued. Because of that, I wanted to write this brief forward before posting my manifesto. This is really more of a short…
Our attachment to the self and the wall we put around it can and does create a form of arrogance within us. Why is this so? Arrogance really amounts to a feeling of superiority. A feeling that ‘we’ are right…that the way we view reality is in fact the ‘real’ reality. The problem is that…
Are you mindful of the language you use when you talk about yourself? I certainly wasn’t, but it’s something that I’m absolutely going to be more aware of going forward. I was on a phone call the other night regarding some personal struggles I’m going through in determining what it is I want to do….
Since the name of this blog is ‘Fearless Endeavors,’ I think that it is fitting that I begin to address this topic. First, I want to make it clear that I don’t consider myself a person who is fearless by any means. In fact, it’s quite the opposite. I’m full of fears and I have…