Dan Bartlett
@dan-bartlett.bsky.social
Meditation, wisdom & full-contact living 🥊
I'm a coach, writer, 2x tech founder & TRE bodyworker.
I publish every day and summarise every Wednesday at nobt.co.uk
I'm a coach, writer, 2x tech founder & TRE bodyworker.
I publish every day and summarise every Wednesday at nobt.co.uk
In my 2 decades of building products, teams and companies, I’ve also cycled through all of the Todo apps: Todoist, Things, Workflowy, Reminders, Notion, a complete second brain (🤮), bullet journals, Obsidian, random pieces of paper...
August 27, 2025 at 2:23 PM
In my 2 decades of building products, teams and companies, I’ve also cycled through all of the Todo apps: Todoist, Things, Workflowy, Reminders, Notion, a complete second brain (🤮), bullet journals, Obsidian, random pieces of paper...
Hoarding-type Scrolling
A minor epiphany about mindless scrolling
substack.com
August 5, 2025 at 2:46 PM
The feedback I get most from facilitating TRE sessions is that a little space makes a big difference.
July 10, 2025 at 2:23 PM
The feedback I get most from facilitating TRE sessions is that a little space makes a big difference.
Today, I'm launching the new face of my coaching practice ✨
I'm combining my experience as an accredited coach with my 20 years of industry experience, offering something unique to people working in Tech.
If you know anyone who you think might be interested, please pass along
I'm combining my experience as an accredited coach with my 20 years of industry experience, offering something unique to people working in Tech.
If you know anyone who you think might be interested, please pass along
June 24, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Today, I'm launching the new face of my coaching practice ✨
I'm combining my experience as an accredited coach with my 20 years of industry experience, offering something unique to people working in Tech.
If you know anyone who you think might be interested, please pass along
I'm combining my experience as an accredited coach with my 20 years of industry experience, offering something unique to people working in Tech.
If you know anyone who you think might be interested, please pass along
A bundle of reflections from the tail-end of my last silent retreat.
June 18, 2025 at 2:23 PM
A bundle of reflections from the tail-end of my last silent retreat.
I've been toying a lot, on and off retreat, with interrupting (not suppressing) narratives.
This narrowing happens not just conceptually, but perceptually, as a contraction that collapses your natural openness.
This narrowing happens not just conceptually, but perceptually, as a contraction that collapses your natural openness.
June 11, 2025 at 9:21 AM
I've been toying a lot, on and off retreat, with interrupting (not suppressing) narratives.
This narrowing happens not just conceptually, but perceptually, as a contraction that collapses your natural openness.
This narrowing happens not just conceptually, but perceptually, as a contraction that collapses your natural openness.
“Blessing, infinite in its modes and colours, often seems to me to be the very nature of all things, of all existence.”
—Rob Burbea, in one of his final emails
—Rob Burbea, in one of his final emails
June 6, 2025 at 2:23 PM
“Blessing, infinite in its modes and colours, often seems to me to be the very nature of all things, of all existence.”
—Rob Burbea, in one of his final emails
—Rob Burbea, in one of his final emails
It's interesting how easy it is to be a real dick to yourself in the name of acceptance. Now that I facilitate TRE with other meditators, I've started seeing this pattern repeat.
June 4, 2025 at 2:23 PM
It's interesting how easy it is to be a real dick to yourself in the name of acceptance. Now that I facilitate TRE with other meditators, I've started seeing this pattern repeat.
Our material bodies have a place in physics, subject to its laws.
Our biology has a place in our textbooks and the story of evolution.
Our behaviours receive attention in psychology.
Our biology has a place in our textbooks and the story of evolution.
Our behaviours receive attention in psychology.
May 30, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Our material bodies have a place in physics, subject to its laws.
Our biology has a place in our textbooks and the story of evolution.
Our behaviours receive attention in psychology.
Our biology has a place in our textbooks and the story of evolution.
Our behaviours receive attention in psychology.
Stress is another form of narrowing, and curiosity is a way of reversing it.
May 28, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Stress is another form of narrowing, and curiosity is a way of reversing it.
You don't always need to debate a belief or "see through" it. You can, instead, expand your view so that it occupies less real estate in your experience. This feels inherently good once you get the knack of it.
May 22, 2025 at 2:23 PM
You don't always need to debate a belief or "see through" it. You can, instead, expand your view so that it occupies less real estate in your experience. This feels inherently good once you get the knack of it.
🆕 This week's writing and recommendations:
• The difference some space can make
• How we've confused contemplation with rumination
• Everything that we think of as self is made up of not-self
• Painful teenage memories
• The difference some space can make
• How we've confused contemplation with rumination
• Everything that we think of as self is made up of not-self
• Painful teenage memories
May 21, 2025 at 2:23 PM
🆕 This week's writing and recommendations:
• The difference some space can make
• How we've confused contemplation with rumination
• Everything that we think of as self is made up of not-self
• Painful teenage memories
• The difference some space can make
• How we've confused contemplation with rumination
• Everything that we think of as self is made up of not-self
• Painful teenage memories
I am a degenrate Daoist. I get intoxicated, take things too far and then, realising my mistake, violently careen in the other direction. After reviewing the rubble, I can see where the middle ground is.
I care a lot about balance, I just don’t get there gracefully.
I care a lot about balance, I just don’t get there gracefully.
May 17, 2025 at 9:21 AM
I am a degenrate Daoist. I get intoxicated, take things too far and then, realising my mistake, violently careen in the other direction. After reviewing the rubble, I can see where the middle ground is.
I care a lot about balance, I just don’t get there gracefully.
I care a lot about balance, I just don’t get there gracefully.
Meditation allows you to widen your view.
The same thoughts and emotions can arise and pass, but they have more space.
They've lost the narrow frame that made them feel big.
Without that frame, it's easier to see them as they are: autonomic, alive & fleeting.
The same thoughts and emotions can arise and pass, but they have more space.
They've lost the narrow frame that made them feel big.
Without that frame, it's easier to see them as they are: autonomic, alive & fleeting.
May 16, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Meditation allows you to widen your view.
The same thoughts and emotions can arise and pass, but they have more space.
They've lost the narrow frame that made them feel big.
Without that frame, it's easier to see them as they are: autonomic, alive & fleeting.
The same thoughts and emotions can arise and pass, but they have more space.
They've lost the narrow frame that made them feel big.
Without that frame, it's easier to see them as they are: autonomic, alive & fleeting.
We live in a belief-centric society. We, as a society, think that changing beliefs is the best way to improve ourselves.
I think this is a mistake for many reasons, the biggest of which is that it is blind to transformations in perception.
I think this is a mistake for many reasons, the biggest of which is that it is blind to transformations in perception.
May 16, 2025 at 9:21 AM
We live in a belief-centric society. We, as a society, think that changing beliefs is the best way to improve ourselves.
I think this is a mistake for many reasons, the biggest of which is that it is blind to transformations in perception.
I think this is a mistake for many reasons, the biggest of which is that it is blind to transformations in perception.
Simple practices can be transformative.
But there aren’t many people actually doing them.
But there aren’t many people actually doing them.
May 15, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Simple practices can be transformative.
But there aren’t many people actually doing them.
But there aren’t many people actually doing them.
People want to be less stressed and more productive. Yet they obey a host of ideas about how productivity requires high stress. They want recognition. But they believe they’re an unworthy imposter. Instead of questioning the beliefs themselves, they work harder to disprove them.
May 1, 2025 at 9:21 AM
People want to be less stressed and more productive. Yet they obey a host of ideas about how productivity requires high stress. They want recognition. But they believe they’re an unworthy imposter. Instead of questioning the beliefs themselves, they work harder to disprove them.
Reposted by Dan Bartlett
#maddow
Science break.
This kayaker gets approached by an otter every time he visits a lake. The otter was orphaned after the mother was in an accident, and the man helped it throughout it's rehabilitation process to later release it back into the wild. Volume up.🔊
Science break.
This kayaker gets approached by an otter every time he visits a lake. The otter was orphaned after the mother was in an accident, and the man helped it throughout it's rehabilitation process to later release it back into the wild. Volume up.🔊
February 25, 2025 at 2:24 AM
#maddow
Science break.
This kayaker gets approached by an otter every time he visits a lake. The otter was orphaned after the mother was in an accident, and the man helped it throughout it's rehabilitation process to later release it back into the wild. Volume up.🔊
Science break.
This kayaker gets approached by an otter every time he visits a lake. The otter was orphaned after the mother was in an accident, and the man helped it throughout it's rehabilitation process to later release it back into the wild. Volume up.🔊
A few weeks ago, I sat down with Darrell from the Purpose People podcast to talk about my journey into Tech, the mess behind the success of running a high-growth startup and how I ended up coaching.
April 24, 2025 at 9:21 AM
A few weeks ago, I sat down with Darrell from the Purpose People podcast to talk about my journey into Tech, the mess behind the success of running a high-growth startup and how I ended up coaching.
My weekly newsletter is out! I'm experimenting with a different format that includes what I've been doing, books and videos I've been enjoying, and the writings I've published this week. Check it.
April 23, 2025 at 2:23 PM
My weekly newsletter is out! I'm experimenting with a different format that includes what I've been doing, books and videos I've been enjoying, and the writings I've published this week. Check it.
Cultivating state means stepping back, temporarily. Tending to something more nebulous and having the confidence that a well-tended mind will be your best weapon in getting things done.
April 23, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Cultivating state means stepping back, temporarily. Tending to something more nebulous and having the confidence that a well-tended mind will be your best weapon in getting things done.
A conversation on AI that:
• That wonders how intimate AI can buffer us against the incentives of larger LLMs.
• That considers how a personal AI might help us foster integrity and wisdom.
• That wonders how intimate AI can buffer us against the incentives of larger LLMs.
• That considers how a personal AI might help us foster integrity and wisdom.
April 22, 2025 at 2:23 PM
A conversation on AI that:
• That wonders how intimate AI can buffer us against the incentives of larger LLMs.
• That considers how a personal AI might help us foster integrity and wisdom.
• That wonders how intimate AI can buffer us against the incentives of larger LLMs.
• That considers how a personal AI might help us foster integrity and wisdom.
News flash: the world needs you to consume less news.
April 18, 2025 at 9:21 AM
News flash: the world needs you to consume less news.
“The loneliness of writing is that you baffle your friends and change the lives of strangers”
—Richard Powers
—Richard Powers
April 16, 2025 at 2:23 PM
“The loneliness of writing is that you baffle your friends and change the lives of strangers”
—Richard Powers
—Richard Powers
When people are struggling with energy they often look for some hack or new signal. But your body has been giving you real-time feedback the whole time. The anxiety, fatigue, demotivation. These are the signals you’re looking for, not the hurdles you need to clear.
April 16, 2025 at 9:21 AM
When people are struggling with energy they often look for some hack or new signal. But your body has been giving you real-time feedback the whole time. The anxiety, fatigue, demotivation. These are the signals you’re looking for, not the hurdles you need to clear.