Category Archives: Notes from Ben

Let’s say I turn on the news and see that some politician (could be here or in another country even) has done something, said something or implemented something that I disagree with, and I get really annoyed. I start turning it over and over in my head, and I end up suffering quite a lotContinue reading “Very Simple Happiness System”

Lying in bed recently with a sore throat, I remembered some good advice I’d heard on the podcast I mentioned in the last post. What doesn’t hurt? My throat was sore, but I noticed that my toes felt completely normal. So did my feet come to think of it, and oh, my legs too! InContinue reading “Worth smiling at (What doesn’t hurt?)”

I’ve been listening to a new podcast from Plum Village, Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh’s retreat center in France, where I spent many summer weeks with my family over a period of about 8 years from 2008 until 2016. The podcast is called The Way Out Is In (you can find it in Apple Podcasts,Continue reading “Gladdening the mind”

After a period of creative stagnation, and with a big desire to get ourselves going again, my wife and I came up with a Creative Regeneration Plan, which looks like this: 1. Travel to new places – 10km away or 500 km away, there is nothing like exploring somewhere new. 2. Talk to nice people/MoreContinue reading “Creative Regeneration”