BREATHE N BOUNCE

p>  I was going to talk about something else.  Something important.  However, I was very tired and it made me think about how tired people are all the time.  So I thought I would focus on that.  Why don't we sleep? And why is it when we try we still don't? These questions and more in this episode. MUSIC FROM THIS EPISODE PRESSURE - Nadia Ali, Starkillers, Alex Kenji (Alesso remix) KEEP ON GOING - Fleetwood Mac I DO COKE - Kill the Noise/Feed me INSOMNIA - Faithless SO TIRED - Ozzy Osbounre SLEEPYHEAD 2005 - Passion Pit/Sofi Tukker

 So, I’ve decided to move the Gratitude Chronicle to Saturdays.  Since I brought back the "Michael Moment," I wanted to do this "Friday FaceTime" thing where I drop a video update. It’s funny how I relegate things to specific days, but it actually got me thinking about something Bhante Sujatha talked about in one of his Dharma talks. I wanted to revisit that here. READ MORE

Can a 5-Minute Nervous System Reset Really Help You Stop Spiraling? Find Out Here It’s Wednesday again, which means it’s me, Penny, showing up with another Wise Ass Wednesday conversation. And today we’re talking about spiraling. You know the kind. Your brain grabs onto one thing, then three more things, then suddenly your whole internal weather system is acting like the world is ending. It’s such a shitty place to be. At Breathe N Bounce, we talk about this stuff a lot because we know how easy it is to get trapped in your own head and call it reality. We spend so much time thinking, overthinking, doom-scrolling, replaying, second-guessing, that we forget we’re also just piloting a biological meat suit. Sometimes what feels deep and existential is also just your hardware glitching because the stress alarms have been blaring for too long. 5 Who designed us like this? Seriously. Why is our internal software so dramatic? READ MORE