“But the Buddha’s great contribution to humanity is the assurance that we can all wake up and see things as…
May all of us slow down enough to be aware of and savor all the blessings in our lives. If…
“This Inner Critic is a voice within each of us that criticizes us mercilessly. With an IQ of about 500…
“… drama roles are made-up strategies that the ego creates to manage its anxiety about what it doesn’t like or…
“Finding yourself is not really how it works. You aren’t a 10-dollar bill in last winter’s coat pocket. You are…
“Rumination is often fueled by feelings of fear, shame, and inadequacy. Because self-compassion directly counters these insecurities, it can help…
“Practice love (rather than attachment), compassion (rather than pity), joy (rather than jealousy), and equanimity (rather than indifference).” Jack Kornfield…
Most of my life I was praised for knowing. So, I became very uncomfortable with uncertainty. Decisions needed to be…
The mind is the forerunner of all things. The spirit we bring to the world determines what is returned to…
The four divine abodes or dwelling places of our mind are loving kindness (metta), compassion (karuna), sympathetic joy (mudita), and…
Anything outside of your awareness can hook you. So, ask yourself, what am I believing right now? Instead of letting…
Mindfulness teaches us how to live fully and to die well. It does this by helping us to shift from…
I was fortunate enough to spend a week having deep listening modeled for me at the Mindfulness Meditation Teachers program…