In the last 2 posts (Do you have a Gollum in your head? and Don't Believe Your Thoughts), I wrote about identifying repetitive, ensnaring thoughts (vs...
Freeing Our Minds, Part II
Last time I wrote about recognizing when our minds are creating false news and conspiracy theories – the “Gollums” that ca...
Freeing Our Minds, Part I
(Fake News & Conspiracy Theories in our Consciousness)
I’ve always considered Gollum from Lord of the Rings to be one of t...
Those who have taken my class know that I warn about “spiritual bypass” — a tendency to cling to happiness practices in a way that ignores real suffer...
Many people of conscience in the U.S. are finding themselves exhausted after the last 4+ years, during which greed, hatred, and delusion, lack of mora...
[This post is based on a talk given at the Energy Matter's Sangha on the observation of Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday.] The events of January 6, 2...
For me, 2020 was a year to remember again and again why staying in the present moment is such a vital practice. It’s not something we do only when we ...
 The Good News
They don’t publish
the good news.
The good news is published
by us.
We have a special edition every moment,
and we need you to re...
There is so much collective fear, anxiety, and stress related to the upcoming elections and all the uncertainties we are facing as a country. How do w...
I know I’m not alone when I say, I’ve been having a very hard time with our political situation lately. There have been feelings of anxiety, anger, fe...
Author, mindfulness instructor, and professor Liz Stanley defines trauma not as something inherent in an event, but in how the mind and body meet an e...
Stories are not “just” words. We all have stories in our minds, about who we are, how we got here, how the world works, and what really matters. Stori...