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The Quiet Life Journal!

'I ask not out of sorrow, but in wonder'

What is your sacred space?

"You can stop worrying now"

Can beauty save the world?

What to do when you feel despair or anxiety

How to interpret your dreams

Our next Candlelight Chat is TOMORROW, Sunday October 27, at 1 pm ET

The case for a calmer and more intellectual life

A question you really should ask yourself

Seven ways to find awe, every single day

A Harvard professor's defense of the arts and humanities...

The true, and perhaps only, way to be truly productive

Do you have a "nerdy dopamine pathway"?

Tomorrow's Sunday Candlelight Chat will be "just us" - at 1 pm, ET - here are the log-in instructions!

How to infuse your everyday life with meaning

"Come back! Even as a shadow, even as a dream."

The Care of Your Soul

Ethereal beauty for your weekend

The delicate dance of introvert-extrovert relationships

How to set proper boundaries

Unconditional Love

Advice for people who love people, but avoid groups

Our next Candlelight Chat is TOMORROW, Sunday, August 25, at 1 pm ET

Quiz: Do you play to an inner or outer audience?

My latest conversation with Sharon Salzberg...

What to do when you need a mother...

Are You a "Transcender"?

Do you tend to suppress your anger?

We are the Introverts

Video replay: Our Candlelight Chat on Grief

How to love your own company

Our next Candlelight Chat is TOMORROW, Sunday July 21, at 1 pm ET

The Five Types of Wealth...

Our next Candlelight Chat: How should we face loss?

My solution to any trouble, any loneliness

A guide for teachers of quiet or shy students

Our Candlelight Chat with Pico Iyer, "one of the most soulful and perceptive writers of our time"

My best advice for a socially anxious teenager, child or self

Meet "one of the most soulful and perceptive writers of our time"...

If you have a curious mind and a searcher's heart...8 recommendations.

As a child, were you an orchid or a dandelion?

How to navigate social situations involving more than 2 people

The Quiet Life Art Project: Our second showcase of YOUR inspired work.

Is there really such a thing as a quiet leader?

Want to submit your work to the Quiet Life Art Project?

You are so gifted and full of heart

10 Steps to a Thicker Skin

"What if growing pains didn't end in your teens?"

Do you have an instinctive aversion to mob psychology?

Introducing our new Q&A feature!

Is what you say to yourself "kind, true, and useful"?

Our next Candlelight Chat is TOMORROW, Sunday May 5, at 1 pm ET!

The Disapproval of Others: On choosing your battles, criticizing with kindness, and staying true to yourself

Is it morally acceptable to live a quiet life?

"You, as much as anybody, deserve your love and affection."

7 ways to keep loving humanity, even in troubled times.

How to practice lovingkindness meditation (metta)

And Yet the Books

Are you a "Highly Sensitive Person"?

How to love the world

Why on earth do we listen to sad music?

Our Candlelight Chat with Chris Guillebeau

How to stand up for yourself

"Quality tweets for the old soul"

Here are the log-in instructions for today's Candlelight Chat with Chris Guillebeau

The Art of Non-Conformity

Are you a worrier?

Our Candlelight Chat with Suleika Jaouad

How to turn "small talk" into Big Talk

Here's the replay video of our Candlelight Chat with Priscilla Gilman!

Three quick routes to happiness and even delight

Our upcoming Candlelight Chats (this Sunday and beyond)

Do you wonder whether you've "achieved" enough in life?

Our Candlelight Chat with Scott Barry Kaufman - here's the replay video

Do you love individual people, but feel unsafe in groups?

REMINDER: Our next Sunday Candlelight Chat is TOMORROW, Sunday Jan. 28!

Would you like to change (aspects of) your personality?

Where are your Thin Places?

Our Sunday Candlelight Chat, with Angie Kim - here's the replay video

Seven things my father taught me, by example

My new audiobook, & thoughts about appearing on the Today Show this past Monday

Are you a moral perfectionist?

Mark your calendar: our next 3 Sunday Candlelight Chats are coming up!

For 2024, how about living a truly quiet life?