Dr Frederik G. PferdtFrom Stanford & Google — To You

The 30-second practice Dan Roam invented live in my dome when everything feels like too much

20 May 2026 · 1 min

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Frederik G. Pferdt describes the Palace of the Present Moment, a 30-second mental reset he uses when stress hits. Step into an imaginary endless palace, tune into what's around you, and your nervous system settles. No meditation required.

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I'm obsessed by this idea of a palace, which I'm calling the Palace of the Present Moment. No matter what is going on in my life, good or bad, I can in my mind take a pause. You don't even have to meditate officially to do this, but take a pause and listen to everything that's around. And explore this entire endless palace that you're living in of right now. And the only reason I bring that up is it has become a source of great comfort for me that when shit might be going sideways and I'm stressed and the client thing is going bad, I can pause for a moment and say, let me just sit in my palace of the present moment for a few minutes.