When you pause and look honestly at your life, it can be hard to know whether you’re living from what truly matters—or just reacting to the world around you.
So this week, I explored the nature of good intentions, choice, and values. When you clarify what you care about most, it’s easier to live with moral clarity without slipping into self-judgment or ill will, and translate intentions into daily action.
I’m inviting you to recognize your own goodness and to take refuge in the good intentions already living through you.
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Talk: Good Intentions
Timecodes & main topics:
- 00:00 – Do we really have choice? Freedom, responsibility, and why intentions matter even in a universe of causes.
- 3:25 – Why values are unavoidable—and how wisdom means choosing greater happiness over lesser ones.
- 6:47 – Clarifying what truly matters this year. Moving beyond “shoulds” to bottom-up values that feel alive and true.
- 10:01 – Right intention: non-harming, non-ill-will, non-attachment. Including the often-overlooked practice of not harming your future self.
- 18:40 – How to live your values day by day. Five research-based ways to actually implement intentions (environment, schedule, support, reminders, and taking in the good).
- 24:29 – Moral reasoning and protecting yourself wisely. Understanding different levels of moral reasoning—and why clear seeing matters.
- 32:40 – Taking refuge in your own goodness. What happens when you allow yourself to know you’re fundamentally a good person.
A Meditation: Simply Being
A gentle, spacious meditation for those moments when striving gets exhausting. Together we explore who you are when you’re not going anywhere or trying to fix anything—resting in open-hearted presence, a sense of vastness, and the simple relief of coming home to being, with plenty of quiet to let the experience deepen.
