I’m Dan Arel — husband, father of two, writer, labor communicator, and a fairly new student of Buddhism. I live in San Diego and spend a lot of time thinking about mindfulness, awareness, leadership, and how to stay human in a noisy world. I’ve written widely for publications such as TIME, HuffPost, Salon, Gizmodo, The Hill, and more and have been lucky enough to have earned a few awards along the way, and I’m still trying to learn how to live more clearly and pay better attention.

I’m interested in how we live, work, lead, and pay attention — especially when those things are shaped by systems bigger than us. You’ll find essays here about mindfulness, politics, music, leadership, maybe even sports, and the strange overlap between inner life and modern life.

Get in touch at dan@danarel.com, X or on LinkedIn.