- “What is Mindfulness?” (Jon Kabat-Zinn on YouTube)
- “Why Meditate” (Sam Harris on Waking Up)
- “Begin Again” (Sam Harris on Waking Up)
- “All It Takes Is 10 Mindful Minutes” (Andy Puddicombe on TED.com)
- “Why Mindfulness Is the New Superpower” (Dan Harris on YouTube)
- “Meditation for Beginners” (Dan Harris and Sharon Salzberg on YouTube)
- “How Meditation Can Change Your Life” (Sam Harris, Jon Kabat-Zinn, and others on Big Think‘s YouTube channel)
- “Deep Breathing Exercise” (Therapist Aid on YouTube)
- “4-7-8 Breathing Exercise” (Take a Deep Breath on YouTube)
- “Kintsugi” (The School of Life): ‘Kintsugi’ is the remarkable Japanese art of repairing broken pottery with elegance and grace – a tradition with a lot to teach us more generally about how to handle the broken bits of ourselves.
- “A West African Philosophy of Calm” (The School of Life): For those prone to stress and losing their tempers, the Yoruba people of West Africa can offer a distinctive remedy: an unflappable attitude known as ‘itutu’.
- “Wu Wei” (The School of Life): Wu Wei is a key concept within Daoism (or Taoism) – and refers to a serene acceptance of events. It’s a wisdom we’re very uninclined to remember in our own times.
- “The Science of Spontaneity: Mastering Wu-Wei” (Edward Slingerland on Big Think)