Lowering our resistance to living with kindness.
Healing Divisions, Both in Ourselves and With Others
The brittle weakness exposed by not compromising.
The brittle weakness exposed by not compromising.
Are We All Just Trying to Figure It Out?
Changing our hurtful habits.
Changing our hurtful habits.
Trust: What Does it Mean?
It's such a wonderful thing to say, “I trust you”.
It’s such a wonderful thing to say, “I trust you”.
The Silence That Speaks the Eloquence of the World: Two Liberating Questions
We breathe ourselves awake.
We breathe ourselves awake.
4 Scientific Rules Helpful for Approaching Complex Situations
A lens through which to get clarity on many problems we face.
A lens through which to get clarity on many problems we face.
The Immensity of the Moment: Reaching the Other Side of Fear
A total eclipse doesn’t happen every day. But an incomprehensible sky is with us every day.
A total eclipse doesn’t happen every day. But an incomprehensible sky is with us every day.
The Power of a New Word
We need to be mindfully aware of how words can both wake us up as well as deceive us.
We need to be mindfully aware of how words can both wake us up as well as deceive us.
How Do We Find Peace in the Noise?
How can we understand the world and our lives more deeply?
How can we understand the world and our lives more deeply?
An Experiment We Perform on Ourselves
Our heart is shaped not just by what happens to us, but the stories we create about what happens.
Our heart is shaped not just by what happens to us, but the stories we create about what happens
Whole Generations Fearing the Horrors of the Past Might Be Repeated in the Future
How do we face what is difficult?
How do we face what is difficult?
Noticing the Rhythm of Life: What, if Anything, Can We Ever Hold on to?
We live moment by moment. But if we try to study any moment by attempting to keep it still, then it’s gone.
We live moment by moment. But if we try to study any moment by attempting to keep it still, then it’s gone.
Don’t Think of an Elephant: When Gollum Sells Gold Sneakers
We can’t not think of what we’re thinking about, not think of the public leader of those trying to own the planet, own all of us, without thinking of him.
We can’t not think of what we’re thinking about, not think of the public leader of those trying to own the planet, own all of us, without thinking of him.
Transformative Moments With Trees: The Limits of Usefulness and the Beauty of Imperfection
Maybe there’s an infinite layer of vulnerability and pain, life and death woven into everything.
Maybe there’s an infinite layer of vulnerability and pain, life and death woven into everything.
What Makes a Relationship Work? Allowing Another’s Well-Being to Be as Important as Our Own
A relationship is not just a bond, but a release.
A relationship is not just a bond, but a release.
I Wish the Sky Was Not Cloudy All Day: Freeing Ourselves in the Infinite Right There on the Horizon
The sky is always there for us, not only as something beautiful but as an emotional opportunity, night or day.
The sky is always there for us, not only as something beautiful but as an emotional opportunity, night or day.