“Movement—I have to work out (….) I like to lift weights and I work out every morning. I'm up at 4:30 and I'm here at school by 5:15. I am on the treadmill and then I'm showered and ready to go by the time I have kids coming in at 7. And that is really hard with a two year-old and doing grad school.”
“Going for walks, exercising (….) It's so funny—as an adult, you start to go for power-walks, which you thought was so lame. And now I would kill for a power walk. Are you kidding me? Going for a power walk with my mom-friends is the best. Not every single thing you do with your friends has to be a five-hour commitment—that's another thing. Give yourself some micro-hangouts. So after school, when we have a total sh** day, or we're having a great day and the sun's out, it's like, ‘Oh, my God! You know what would be best is if we went over to the brewery and just had a quick beer (…) We connect as friends, even though we're going to talk about school, and then we go home. It can be a micro-break, a micro-hang to take care of your relationship outside of school, so that your home can be peaceful.”
“You’ve got to find some peace. Pay attention to your nervous system. That's what I do. A big part of my therapy is being aware of what's happening with my body. What is my nervous system feeling? When is it feeling okay and when is it not feeling okay?”
“I feel like I have a little bit of advantage. The human condition is just something that I love. My wife teases me because I always pick the show or read the book that has no real exciting plot. Or it's like Mrs. Dalloway , where the whole book is literally one day, and it's four hundred pages.”
“I like all this stuff. I like movies like that. I like people like that. I teach the human condition. That's actually how I focus my class. So I think if you can develop maybe a little bit of an appreciation for the human condition, that helps with the awareness.”