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Say What You Mean: Tools to Build Bridges
Say What You Mean: Tools to Build Bridges
Finding Your Roots in the Storm
Finding Your Roots in the Storm
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Where Grief and Beauty Meet: Honoring Joanna Macy
Meditation, Democracy, and the Great Turning
Meditation, Democracy, and the Great Turning
Patience like Water on Stone
Patience like Water on Stone
To the Fathers Within
To the Fathers Within
The Power of Wise Speech in a Fractured World
The Power of Wise Speech in a Fractured World
Fierce Vulnerability with Kazu Haga: A Conversation for These Times
Fierce Vulnerability with Kazu Haga: A Conversation for These Times
The Relevance of Mindfulness in a Time of Upheaval
The Relevance of Mindfulness in a Time of Upheaval
Love as the Practice of Our Time
Love as the Practice of Our Time
Starting the Year with Clarity and Intention
Starting the Year with Clarity and Intention
The Seeds Buried in Grief: Why is it so hard to talk about Israel-Palestine?
The Seeds Buried in Grief: Why is it so hard to talk about Israel-Palestine?
Orienting towards the Good to Meet Heartbreak
Orienting towards the Good to Meet Heartbreak
Reestablishing Your Center in the Midst of Chaos
Reestablishing Your Center in the Midst of Chaos
How to Navigate Holiday Conversations with Family
How to Navigate Holiday Conversations with Family
Gratitude and Grief
Gratitude and Grief
Allowing the Heart to Open and Close During Difficult Times
Allowing the Heart to Open and Close During Difficult Times
Why I'm Grieving the Loss of Both Israelis and Palestinians
Why I'm Grieving the Loss of Both Israelis and Palestinians
Reflections on Parenting a Newborn
Reflections on Parenting a Newborn
Why We Need Both Gratitude and Grief
Why We Need Both Gratitude and Grief
The Benefits of Meditation Retreat
The Benefits of Meditation Retreat
A Modern Buddhist Master: Honoring the Legacy of Thich Nhat Hanh
A Modern Buddhist Master: Honoring the Legacy of Thich Nhat Hanh
Coping with Uncertainty
Coping with Uncertainty
A Trauma Informed Way of Opening Up during the Pandemic
A Trauma Informed Way of Opening Up during the Pandemic
How to Handle 'Predatory Listening'
How to Handle 'Predatory Listening'
Radical Rest: Why Meditation Might Not Heal This Exhaustion
Radical Rest: Why Meditation Might Not Heal This Exhaustion
Every Voice Matters: Stability through Diversity
Every Voice Matters: Stability through Diversity
The Three Most Common Myths about Meditation
The Three Most Common Myths about Meditation
The Healing Power of Touch
The Healing Power of Touch
Communication During COVID-19
Communication During COVID-19

Personal Reflections

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The Seeds Buried in Grief: Why is it so hard to talk about Israel-Palestine?
The Seeds Buried in Grief: Why is it so hard to talk about Israel-Palestine?
Orienting towards the Good to Meet Heartbreak
Orienting towards the Good to Meet Heartbreak
Reflections on Parenting a Newborn
Reflections on Parenting a Newborn
How I Continue to Mess Up Being an Ally
How I Continue to Mess Up Being an Ally
Returning to Lay Life
Returning to Lay Life
Anagarika: Living with Renunciation
Anagarika: Living with Renunciation
Finding the Middle Way: Going Forth
Finding the Middle Way: Going Forth
Deepening Understanding and Embodiment
Deepening Understanding and Embodiment

Archived Posts

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Finding Time to Practice
Finding Time to Practice
Four Mindful Communication Skills for Difficult Conversations
Four Mindful Communication Skills for Difficult Conversations
Four Principles for Mindful Communication with Kids
Four Principles for Mindful Communication with Kids
Making Time to Meditate, Part 1
Making Time to Meditate, Part 1
Five Mindfulness Tools for Pain
Five Mindfulness Tools for Pain
Making Time to Meditate, Part 2
Making Time to Meditate, Part 2
How to Get to Sleep More Easily
How to Get to Sleep More Easily
Transforming Bias
Transforming Bias
Broadening the Conversation: Gun Violence, Masculinity and Being Vulnerable
Broadening the Conversation: Gun Violence, Masculinity and Being Vulnerable
Reclaiming Love
Reclaiming Love
The Craft of Mindfulness
The Craft of Mindfulness
Ending the Year with Wisdom
Ending the Year with Wisdom
Finding our Voice, Transforming Helplessness
Finding our Voice, Transforming Helplessness
Three Steps to Nourishing Gratitude
Three Steps to Nourishing Gratitude
The Practice of Mindful Communication
The Practice of Mindful Communication
Bringing Mindfulness Back to School
Bringing Mindfulness Back to School
The Three Most Common Pitfalls in Nonviolent Communication
The Three Most Common Pitfalls in Nonviolent Communication
The Necessity of Joy
The Necessity of Joy
What's Mindfulness Got to Do with Politics?
What's Mindfulness Got to Do with Politics?
Inner Listening for the Revolution
Inner Listening for the Revolution
After a Divided Election: The Value and Limits of Mindfulness
After a Divided Election: The Value and Limits of Mindfulness
Cultivating Generosity, Love and Community
Cultivating Generosity, Love and Community
Mindfulness as a Way of Life
Mindfulness as a Way of Life
Mindfulness and High Volume Doing
Mindfulness and High Volume Doing
Practicing with Grief, Sadness and Anger
Practicing with Grief, Sadness and Anger
Heartfulness Practice
Heartfulness Practice
The Key to Strengthening Mindfulness
The Key to Strengthening Mindfulness
Where Our Heart Meets the World
Where Our Heart Meets the World
The Power of Presence
The Power of Presence
Unplug: Putting the World Down
Unplug: Putting the World Down
 

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To the Fathers Within
Poetry, Practice
To the Fathers Within
Poetry, Practice
Poetry, Practice
Half-Life
Poetry
Half-Life
Poetry
Poetry
Water
Poetry
Water
Poetry
Poetry
How to Care
Poetry
How to Care
Poetry
Poetry
Trust
Poetry
Trust
Poetry
Poetry
Springtime
Poetry
Springtime
Poetry
Poetry
Wise Friends
Poetry
Wise Friends
Poetry
Poetry
At Noble Lake
Poetry
At Noble Lake
Poetry
Poetry