Insight Timer

Diwali mode: activated. Wishing a happy Diwali to our Indian team who've gathered this week to honor this tradition, and to all who celebrate 🪔✨

Constantly striving for perfection can be exhausting, especially for your creative spirit. This is your reminder to allow yourself to be human.

By inhaling deeply for 4 seconds, holding that breath for 7 seconds, and then exhaling slowly for 8 seconds, you signal your nervous system to slow down and relax. Give it a try during your next work break.

Me before meditation: stressed. Me during meditation: stressed about how I’m meditating. Me after meditation: stressed but calmer.

How do you define your life's purpose?

It's so easy to miss the point where your mental health starts to spiral. Taking on a little too much here, skimping on sleep there, letting boundaries slip, succumbing to mindless activities... before you know it, you're back in a rut, feeling drained and uninspired; trading the 360° view of abundance for tunnel vision. This #WorldMentalHealthDay, let’s make a promise to pause regularly and ask: ‘How am I *really* doing?’—and give ourselves the same care we’d give a friend.

Playfulness is the ultimate state we, as humans, are born to embrace. It's when we express ourselves through play, we unlock our unique potential. Some of us are lucky to find this flow in our work, others - in hobbies. But one truth remains constant for all: we can connect to our source of flow only once we are rested and recharged.

What small daily habit, other than meditation, changed your life?

me: *focuses on the breath* my brain: let’s think about every embarrassing thing we’ve ever done

Less perfection. More authenticity.