It is easy to look at someone else’s life and imagine that it hangs together more neatly than our own.
This practice is for those moments.
A brief pause. A closer look. And a small return to the reality of the life you are actually living.
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One of the most common reactions we see when people hear the lessons from the Harvard Study of Adult Development is this: they say they feel a great relief.
Because the lessons make something abundantly clear: the good life is not beyond your reach. It is not waiting in the distant future after a dreamy career success, large amounts of wealth or even a lot of self-improvement.
The good life is right in front of you, sometimes only an arm’s length away.
This is what I’ll be exploring in a new weekly newsletter, Hidden in Plain Sight. We are starting with a 7-day meditation practice when you hit the link in bio.
Over the years, people have often asked me a simple question:
What actually makes a good life?
After decades of studying adult development—and sitting with people in psychotherapy—I’ve noticed something that still surprises me.
Many of the things that matter most in our lives are not especially hard to understand or hard to get.
But they are easy to overlook.
We tend to look toward what’s next—the next milestone, the next improvement, the next version of ourselves that will finally feel more settled.
And in doing that, we miss parts of life that are already here.
With a little practice, we can begin to notice them again.
That’s what led me to start a new weekly newsletter, called Hidden in Plain Sight.
Each Monday, starting next week, I’ll share a short practice and a reflection—something you can try in the midst of your daily life.
To begin, I’m inviting you to join a 7-day meditation practice starting tomorrow.
Each day is simple. A few minutes to pay closer attention to your own experience.
If you’d like to join, you can sign up using the link in my bio.
I hope you will.
