It’s easy to tell stories about our lives. I practice storytelling everyday on the podcast, and on some level, the ability to spin a narrative is what makes us human. But sometimes stories can take us out of a moment—what may seem like harmless escapism can also be a boundary to stillness, a wall between us and the present. You just heard from Henry Mitchell, wellness expert and the co-founder of Still Life. Henry has practiced the act of stillness throughout his academic and professional journey, from meditating before big premed exams at UCLA to learning how mindfulness might be the best party drug around. But before Still Life and before he learned how to ground himself in the moment, Henry lived far away from my sunny alma mater, growing up at boarding school in England…