Flowing with the Stresses of Kids (or Anyone Else)

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Leo Babauta gives us a framework with which to deal with all interactions, along with ways to make managing children a easier.

The Phases of a Break-Up

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Josh Bowman shares the many phases of a break-up.

Advice to My Kids: You Are Good Enough

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Leo Babauta has some advice for his kids. And yes, it’s a little zen.

Missing the Days Before You Were Married

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The glass of retrospect distorts, for a moment, a married man’s memories of his globetrotting single days .

Travel Poems From My Dad: Zen River Memories

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Josh Bowman is sharing his father’s poetry all week. Today, Zen River Memories.

Stealing Turkeys: A Zen Perspective

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Gint Aras on letting go of anger and poultry.

How to Attract Women

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Mark Sherman, a man long out of the game, presents some (mostly) humorous advice for single guys.

Five Ways to Improve Communication

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Zen Master Robert Althouse offers communication tips that critique the myth of the American cowboy

You Will Never Become Anything

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The secret to happiness is this: learn to unconditionally accept yourself and what is.

A Bike Strengthens the Rider: On Building Cyclical Tools

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Sep Kamvar suggests a mission when building tools: Every tool should nourish the things upon which it depends.

The Last Sunset of Pieter Pilon

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Atalwin and his brother perform a ceremony on a beach far from home, and wish their father a safe and swift passage to the other shore.

Life Lessons From My Cat

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We could live and love with abandon, if we were more like cats.

It’s All Good

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Whatever happens, no matter how remarkable, ordinary, or annoying, continue doing what you should be doing.

Things I’d Like to Change About Myself

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Here are Tom Matlack’s notes to himself. What are yours?

I Am Ronin

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Jackie Summers on rogue Samurai and being single.

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