Micropractice

By Eli Susman
PhD candidate at UC Berkeley studying micropractice—powerful well-being tools that take 30 seconds or less.

Featured in CNN, BBC, CBS, Forbes, LA Times, Mindful, and named among Greater Good Magazine’s Top 10 Insights of 2024.

03/10/2026

Praise floats toward you. It hovers.
You swat it away—like a balloon you felt embarrassed to hold.
Why are we so efficient at absorbing criticism
but almost allergic to letting good moments stay?
Your brain has a bias.
But it’s trainable.
This week, I unpack the neuroscience behind why positive experiences slip through—and a practical blueprint for helping them stick.
Not by adding more practice.
By changing how you meet what’s already happening.
A simple 4-step framework.
Seconds at a time.
If you want your wins to actually land, this is the missing layer.
Link in the comments.

03/09/2026

The present moment called.
It’s not mad you ghosted—it just wants to hang out for a breath before you scroll again.

03/08/2026

Daylight saving time just stole an hour of sleep.
If you feel a little foggy or irritable today, that’s not a personal failure.
It’s your circadian rhythm catching up.
Be a little gentler with your nervous system today.

03/06/2026

Yes, your mind wandered.
Yes, you came back.
Yes, that’s the entire point.

03/05/2026

You know what’s wild?
The same breath that helps you let awe sneak back in…
is the one you’re doing right now, while scrolling.

03/04/2026

A secret no one tells you:
You can “fail” at mindfulness twenty times in twenty seconds…and it still counts.

03/03/2026

You ever decide—tonight’s the night?
You’re going to journal. Or stretch. Or breathe instead of scroll.
And then somehow, you’re… reorganizing the fridge.
What happened?
There’s a hidden reason your new habits keep getting hijacked after dark.
It’s not laziness—and it’s not willpower.
I wrote about it here:
(link in comments)

03/02/2026

People worry that small efforts don’t count.
Meanwhile, your toothbrush is quietly transforming your entire mouth two minutes at a time.
Sometimes the mundane is the magic.

02/27/2026

Self-compassion is not letting yourself off the hook.
It’s realizing the hook was never helping.

02/26/2026

Yes—consistency can be boring.
But so can brushing your teeth.
And look how well that’s been working out for you.

02/25/2026

Everyone wants transformation to feel like fireworks.
But the nervous system prefers tea candles—steady, quiet, repeated.
Keep lighting them. That’s how rooms brighten.

02/24/2026

You open your phone to check the weather.
Five minutes later, you’ve scrolled through a government collapse, a climate crisis, and three people arguing about soup.
Welcome to the psychological equivalent of drinking from a firehose—with broken glass in it.
Our brains were built for the occasional tiger attack, not a 24/7 feed of despair.
And yet—there’s a scientifically tested antidote.
A new study found that watching just one inspiring story each day lowered stress as much as meditation.
I wrote about it—and a micropractice called Hopesurfing—in my latest piece.
If your nervous system needs a breath of hope, try starting here.
Full story: link in comments.
P.S. Have a story that made you believe in people again? Drop it in the comments—we could all use a little more good news in our feeds.

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