OG Tuesday Issue #152

Start your morning with this affirmation:

Today’s checklist: Meet your meditation match made in heaven, start doing these weekly check-ins, leap away from conflict, and learn what happened today in history.

Browsing the myriad meditation apps available today can be a less-than-zen experience, especially if you get one, spend a million years (aka 20 minutes) creating and verifying an account, and then open it to find it’s not what you want or need at all.

We tried to make it a little easier for you! Pick the list that best aligns with your preferences to find your meditation app.

I want an app that helps me:  

I’m willing to spend: NOTHING
It’s most important for me to work on: Boosting overall wellness
YOUR MATCH: Insight Timer

 

I want an app that helps me:

I’m willing to spend: $0 – $12/month
It’s most important for me to work on: Using breathing techniques to better control my mental state
YOUR MATCH: Breathwrk

 

I want an app that helps me:  

 

I want an app that helps me:

I’m willing to spend: $69.99/year
It’s most important for me to work on: Better understanding my mental health
YOUR MATCH: Balance

 

I want an app that helps me:

I’m willing to spend: NOTHING
It’s most important for me to work on: My mental resilience
YOUR MATCH: Healthy Minds Program

 

I want an app that helps me:

I’m willing to spend: $30/year
It’s most important for me to work on: Deepen and personalize my meditation practice
YOUR MATCH: Buddhify

 

I want an app that helps me:

I’m willing to spend: $20-30/month
It’s most important for me to work on: Both my mental and physical fitness
YOUR MATCH: Glo

ASAP is excited to announce the launch of ASAP Courses with the first course of the year being led by Robyn Greaves!

We love a good productivity hack, but sometimes, what we really need, if we want to get more (quality) sh*t done, is simply more clarity and intention. Author and creative powerhouse Amber Rae has two easy weekly check-ins that will help you cultivate exactly that.

Her start-the-week check-in prompts: 

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Her end-the-week check-in prompts: 

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Whether you’re trying to change someone’s mind, cultivate consensus, or even de-escalate a budding conflict, you can use the same helpful acronym: LEAP, which stands for listen, empathize, agree, and partner.

L – Listen 
This means listen, period. Listen to the other person and respond only to make it clear that you understood, or at least heard, what they said. Refrain from making counterarguments and offering opinions or advice.

E – Empathize
Consider what the other person is thinking or feeling and share what you understand. (Be open to hearing your guess was wrong.)

A – Agree
Validate the other person’s feelings, opinions, or ideas by highlighting what you agree with. If you agree with nothing substantive, emphasize that you understand where they’re coming from at least.

P – Partner
Move forward by steering away from areas of disagreement and leaning into what you share: goals, values, or even just an office space.

On August 22, 2004, artist Edvard Munch’s famous masterwork, The Scream, was stolen from the Munch Museum (Oslo, Norway).

It was eventually recovered by detectives posing as art dealers.

PS: If this story sounds juicy to you, then you might want to check out the Art Crime Podcast for similar stories in this low-gore true crime niche.

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