Author Archives: Benjamin

Jerry shares his first experiences with working out at home, we follow that thread into talk about the need for change, and then discuss shifting our language and framing in order to set the foundation for thriving during this challenging time.

In this A Better Story episode, Benjamin recounts a couple of experiences from Taos Ski Valley’s opening day, and shares how a shift in perspective changed his relationship to those experiences.

In this episode, Jerry and I discuss the vaccine, the future of workout and gym culture, and the way forward for the work we do. We admit some ways we’ve been resisting the present moment, and start to talk about building the foundation for thriving–notwithstanding our present challenges.

Part 2 of our conversation about politics, change and despair.

In this episode, we talk about our feelings around and conclusions about the election and what it says about our society. Part 1 of 2.

2020 has been a difficult year in which to practice gratitude, don’t you think? Nevertheless, practicing gratitude serves us well. In this short episode, Benjamin shares some things he is grateful for, notwithstanding the challenges of this trying year.

In the three weeks since the election, we’ve struggled to figure out exactly what to say. Now that Biden has won the election, we want to put our energy … where, exactly? This episode is a brief series of thoughts about how we might approach the challenging months ahead.

Been a while, hasn’t it? In this short episode, Benjamin explains what caused the long silence, talks about what’s coming in LSH land in the near future, and talks about dealing with anxiety around the election.

The death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg left Benjamin reeling. In this short episode, he talks about the soul-searching he’s done in the days since her death, and concludes that the only healthy way forward for himself is to focus on the spiritual issues around the present situation, not the political ones.

The stress just keeps getting more intense, doesn’t it? We’re facing relentlessly overwhelming circumstances in our world. In this episode, we discuss what we can do to navigate that overwhelm when there’s no reprieve and none on the horizon. Sorry this didn’t show up last week, LSH family. Database issues had the website down. But …

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