

What You Resist, Persists
Next week, I depart for a 10 day, silent mediation retreat in the desert. While I’ve long dreamt about signing up for this kind of experience, taking me fully off the grid to double down on my meditation practice and personal growth, the talk, as it turns out, feels very different than the action. Facing down the barrel of next week's trip has kicked all my inner resistance into high gear: “How can you possibly step away from your work,” my inner resistance whines, “you were