Welcome to The Sunday Slow. We turn big ideas from meditation and consciousness into practical steps you can use today for a calmer, happier, more abundant life.
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💬 Said Simply
I was threading through JFK on my way home from India when I spotted her: a woman bulldozing through the crowds with her roller bag like she was leading a hostile takeover of Terminal 8.
She was sporting a hoodie with “I SAID, YOU NEED TO RELAX!!!” printed in bold letters across the back.
The delicious irony wasn’t lost on those of us whose ankles got mowed down by her luggage wheels.🤣
Whether we realize it or not, we’re walking billboards for whatever’s happening inside our heads.
When we’re rested and radiant, we broadcast that consciousness like radio waves. Every thought, every gesture, every interaction hums with that sweet frequency.
Similarly, when we’re wound tighter than a spring, everything that we do is also infused with that less expansive state.
We inadvertently become that woman with the aggressive hoodie, steamrolling through life while preaching the exact opposite of what we’re embodying.
Life is self-referral, which means the sweetness we’re hunting for in our environment and other people starts with the work of looking within. Cultivate that inner spaciousness first, then watch how it ripples outward like stones skipping in still water.
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One commenter nailed it: “Wait, so I’m the problem AND the solution?”
One person’s crushing realization is another person’s liberation. And nowhere is this more brutal—or beautiful—than in our search for happiness.
We’ve all earned PhDs in hunting for happiness in all the wrong places. It probably started innocently enough: a shiny new bike, the newest Lego set, straight A’s, or that magical trip to Disneyland.
Then it escalates. The job. The corner office. The ring. The apartment with corner windows and a view of the Empire State Building…
Until one day you’re standing at the end of yet another rainbow, completely empty-handed yet again, wondering if happiness even has a real address.
Luckily for a meditator, we have a reset.
Every single time you sink into that deep quiet space during meditation—that field of pure silence—you’re coming home.
In that silence, we unify with the source of happiness, the wellspring of fulfillment.
And while we feel like we “go” to that blissful state inside meditation, in fact, it’s always been there.
Take it one step further—it’s not just ” in there.” It IS you. It’s your very essence.
Happiness is our true state, but we can only feel it if we’re not stressed, anxious, and tired.
This is how meditation works its magic—not by manufacturing happiness, but by clearing away everything that’s been blocking what is already yours.
🧠 Hot Take: High Functioning Anxiety
Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about my BVM (Before Vedic Meditation) days…
How was I able to get so much done, with a smile on my face, while my insides felt like they were having a 24/7 five-alarm fire drill?
Turns out, I was the walking textbook definition of High Functioning Anxiety.
While not yet a clinical diagnosis, High Functioning Anxiety is a term used to describe those who suffer from severe anxiety while still being able to successfully function in their spheres of life.
In High Functioning Anxiety, the terror of screwing up (mistakes, letting people down, existing incorrectly) becomes your rocket fuel instead of actual joy and inspiration.
The somewhat twisted consequence of this type of anxiety is that you get rewarded for being hypervigilant, worried, and constantly stressed:
- Promoted for anxious productivity
- Praised for not having boundaries
- Paid for being “always on”
It’s a really confusing state of consciousness to embody. No wonder I felt like such a hot mess behind all that shiny productivity!
I’m happy to report that the story of my anxiety ends on a high note: After learning Vedic Meditation, I ditched the anxiety within a few weeks of learning AND kept soaring professionally.
I leaned into my personal relationships AND felt authentic and real. I stopped having BS conversations and saying “yes” to opportunities that didn’t resonate.
For the first time, I felt genuinely free and happy, and from that baseline of supreme inner contentment, I started operating from pure creativity, effortless flow, and effectiveness.
I’m hoping we can crack this success-anxiety paradox wide open and bring meditation into the conversation as a way to swap out anxiety fuel for something infinitely better.
If you’re wrestling with High Functioning Anxiety symptoms and want to explore meditation as your remedy, click here to join me for one of my upcoming Introductory Talks.
