There is an app for that!
“To be a happy person, one must contemplate death five times daily” -Bhutanese folk saying What if there was an [...]
Emotions are built and not built-in
The view from my desk :) After much anticipation, we have moved and are settling into a very comfortable, spacious [...]
Self-compassion = The ? What do I need?
Our task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that [...]
HH the Dalai Lama’s challenge to Richard Davidson: part 2
This week I am focusing on the second scientific development that changed our attitude toward meditation: epigenetics - the science [...]
HH the Dalai Lama’s challenge to a western scientist
When love meets pain it becomes compassion When love meets happiness it becomes joy Joy is an expression of awakened [...]
Looking back at last year and looking to 2019
“Last year a foolish monk; This year no difference.” - Ryokan (Zen monk) “Just because it seems like the world [...]
“Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see” Mark Twain
A 2.5 hour call with Apple support left me with tears of gratitude that led to this week’s theme. Kindness [...]
Self-Compassion
"What is this self inside us, this silent observer, Severe and speechless critic, who can terrorize us And urge us [...]
Day of Gratitude November 2018
For each new morning with its light For rest and shelter of the night For wealth and food For love [...]
Grateful people are happy people… research shows
We can build resilience through practicing gratitude “I cried because I had no shoes until I saw a man who [...]