Apr 22, 2026 | On Mindfulness, On Writing
By Paula Munier Okay, so the world is on fire. But that’s no excuse not to get our writing done. Or is it? Admittedly, the chaos happening out there in the world can distract us even when we’re tucked inside our writing room away from it all. Because we are living in...
Feb 25, 2026 | On Writing
by Paula Munier I have a magnet on my refrigerator that says, “Let go or get dragged.” It’s a reminder, as the Buddhists say, that holding on to possessions, people, even our thoughts and emotions is not good for us. There’s a wonderful scene in the TV series Life...
Jun 22, 2016 | On Writing
I love writing. I love baseball. And I love the Boston Red Sox. These are the truisms that direct my summers. Like most every writer I know, I have a day job—literary agent—and my own writing takes place outside the 50 to 60 hours a week I dedicate to helping other...
Dec 31, 2012 | On Mindfulness
When we can meet life with an open heart, receiving becomes indistinguishable from giving and we become conduits of grace. —Mark Nepo, Seven Thousand Ways to Listen Late last year, fresh off my yoga teacher training and full of good intentions, I decided to declare...
Mar 18, 2012 | On Mindfulness
“When the Lord closes a door, somewhere He opens a window.” —Julie Andrews as Maria von Trapp in The Sound of Music “Keep passing the open windows.” —John Irving, The Hotel New Hampshire The Bible and the Buddha aside, sometimes I think that all you really need to...
