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Micropractice Featured in NYT, CNN, BBC, Forbes, LA Times, Mindful, and more.

By Eli Susman, PhD
Psychologist & Author of Micropractice (Avery | Penguin Random House, 10.6.2026)—a science-backed approach to calm, clarity, and joy in 30 seconds or less.

10/25/2026

A thought can be loud
without being true.
A feeling can be real
without being final.
A hard moment can be here
without becoming
your whole life.

10/24/2026

You are not lazy
because rest feels good.
You are alive
inside a body
that was never designed
to run on fumes.

10/23/2026

You don’t have to feel peaceful
to practice peace.
That’s the point.

10/22/2026

You can’t always make life lighter.
But you can stop
adding extra weight
with the way
you talk to yourself.

Mindfulness gets misunderstood as a performance.In Sanskrit and Pali—the languages where mindfulness was first named—the...
10/21/2026

Mindfulness gets misunderstood as a performance.
In Sanskrit and Pali—the languages where mindfulness was first named—the word for mindfulness is more literally translated as remembering.
Not already being perfect.
Remembering to come home to the only moment we ever really have.
That’s the heart of Micropractice: small, science-backed moments—30 seconds or less—that help presence travel into real life.
If you’ve started your own micropractices after reading the book, I’d love to hear:
What tiny practice is finding its way into your day?
And wherever you are with it—this is your reminder:
You don’t have to be perfect to be practicing.
You only have to remember.
Micropractice is available now: micropractice.com/book

What if meditation worked, without meditating?Meditation vs. coloring. That was the experiment.Same lovingkindness phras...
10/20/2026

What if meditation worked, without meditating?
Meditation vs. coloring. That was the experiment.
Same lovingkindness phrases.
Same amount of time.
Different format.
The psychological effects?
No significant differences.
Which suggests:
Well-being doesn’t have to mean stepping away from life.
It can just mean inhabiting it differently.
Kindness doesn’t need more time.
It needs more moments.
And you already have those.
I break down the science + a way to try it that doesn’t add a single extra minute.
Link in comments.

10/19/2026

Your nervous system
is trying to protect you
with ancient wiring.
Thank it.
Then breathe anyway.

10/18/2026

Sometimes resilience
looks less like armor
and more like
not abandoning your own tenderness.

10/17/2026

A hard day
does not need
a harsher narrator.

10/16/2026

You are allowed
to be a beginner
at caring for yourself.
Especially
if you were taught
to be an expert
at pushing through.

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