Being wrong is one of our biggest fears. We associate it with humiliation* and a kind of ego-death. In her TED talk, author of “Being...

Years ago, I was on a long meditation retreat, and I was suffering. I replayed a betrayal endlessly in my mind. I was paralyzed by...

It’s the first line of one of my favorite Mary Oliver poems: “You do not have to be good. You do not have to walk on your knees for a...

Practice is more vital than ever in this time, my friend dubbed"The Great Pause." It’s been a valuable and rich opportunity to reflect...

Dear Ones, These days I am finding it helpful to remember the Buddha's encouragement that it is OK to be happy even when big stuff is...

In this culture, we live trapped in the invisible prison of our heads. Everywhere we look, in the very conventions of our language, we...

We often end up focusing on and chasing conditions we think will make us happy instead of zeroing in happiness, or freedom, itself. What...

As a child, I was pretty sure adults had it figured out. I was surprised when, in my twenties, the all-knowing confidence I’d projected...