“Hurrying and delaying are alike ways of trying to resist the present.” - Alan Watts What’s the conversation you are having with yourself right now? Maybe you’re thinking about an email you wrote earlier, or need to write later. Maybe you’re thinking about an ever-growing todo list, and feeling the anxiety well up within. Or maybe you are doing all of the above. When you stop to really notice, it’s amazing how many conversations we are having internally at any given time. The most important conversation we have is with ourselves. What are you saying right now? Congressman Tim Ryan is our guest for Episode 38 of the Reboot Podcast. Tim is a special guy, and not just because he’s a congressman, and not just because he’s from Ohio - though that's pretty great too - but because he’s committed to bringing heart, humanity, mindfulness and a long term focus into a space that doesn’t always welcome it: government. In this conversation (originally recorded in November), Tim shares his journey to mindfulness, his ongoing practice in noticing his own inner conversation, and his commitment to mindfully planting seeds for the future and having the patience to watching them grow. Links Sharon Salzberg - http://www.sharonsalzberg.com/ "A Mindful Nation" by Tim Ryan - http://www.amazon.com/Mindful-Nation-Practice-Performance-Recapture/dp/1401939309 Jon Kabat-Zinn - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Kabat-Zinn "Coming to Our Senses" by Jon Kabat-Zinn - http://www.amazon.com/Coming-Our-Senses-Ourselves-Mindfulness/dp/0786886544 "Full Catastrophe Living" by Jon Kabat-Zinn - http://www.amazon.com/Full-Catastrophe-Living-Revised-Edition/dp/0345536932 "Wherever You Are, There You Go" by Jon Kabat-Zinn - http://www.amazon.com/Wherever-You-Go-There-Are/dp/1401307787 Deepak Chopra - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deepak_Chopra Wayne Dyer - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Dyer Parker Palmer - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parker_Palmer