Meditation is not about feeling peaceful during the practice, but about observing stress and learning not to react to it, thereby building stress tolerance.

“The mistake people make re meditation: they presume we should feel peaceful while doing it. It’s about observing your stress & learning to not react to it (in the same way exercise is a stressor that triggers an adaption). Meditation builds stress tolerance.”

“the goal of meditation is not to feel meditative or to clear the mind. That’s a myth. It’s to sit with the stress, see it & not react.”

“contrary to what most people believe, the point of meditation is not to clear your mind or to feel inner peace during the meditation, but rather to observe your thoughts and any stress you might experience during the meditation.”