Zen Dating: Modern Masculinity & Mindfulness

“Meditation is just noticing that your Mind TV is on.”Sound simple? Maybe so … but it’s hard-earned, experiential wisdom by our guest,executive coach & online content creator Toku McCree—who has studied meditation &mindfulness practices from the inside out for decades, including as a practitioner at aBuddhist monastery. You may be surprised to learn the striking similarities betweentwo-plus years of intentional living/monastic life with the bustling day-to-day existence ofairport travel. (We were!)In our conversation with Toku, we also learn:* The introspective observation he brings to modern-day dating (& the flip-side that the“there are no good, single men” lament of the Sex in the City days meets when thequintessential “good, single man” doesn’t need to be emotionally ‘fixed’)* What it’s like to observe loneliness as a natural part of the human condition ofsuffering … without actually wallowing in the suffering part of it* Toku’s interesting other projects—from Substack collaborations to executive trainingprograms to online dating experiments—& how they intersect as one lens to life (thatany of us can adopt)Listen & learn alongside host Kealah Parkinson about what Toku calls “the salamandermoment,” as well as ways any of us can bring the 360-degree experience ofcontemplation though monastic living into everyday moments of mindfulness for theaverage person.|| Learn more about our guest on Substack or dating experiment website. (You’ll seehe’s happily in a relationship now!)|| Meet our show SPONSORS: Coach Kiki & My Moody Daybook.|| Want to speak with more confidence about whatever you love? Check out theConfident Communicators Club by Coach Kiki at Skool.