“Each of our feelings or attitudes, no matter how negative, can evoke compassion and lead to transformation. We then joyfully realize how every negative experience has...
Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me. More harmful words were never spoken. Trauma research dispels the innocence of this myth. When...
These days, most of us are concerned about the condition of our world. The UN just released a dismal “health report” about the state of our planet,...
For myself, spirituality means aligning with what is true, or most likely true. This means looking at what is true through the lens of my unique...
Compassion is not a relationship between the healer and the wounded. It is a relationship between equals. Only when we know our own darkness well can we be present with the...
“Each of our feelings or attitudes, no matter how negative, can evoke compassion and lead to transformation. We then joyfully realize how every negative experience has...
Clinical anxiety and depression (“A&D”) are often terrifying experiences, especially when we don’t know what’s happening to us and don’t have support. An overview and relatively...
Rumi said: “Your task is not to seek love but to find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.” That was a...
"If we can't befriend our grief, we can't as truly and deeply embody joy or gratitude and the capacity to love in integrated fashion. Love, then,...