Dec. 1

Fill yourself with love, and let it spill over to the world. Lovingkindness meditation is a form of meditation that aims to cultivate “heart qualities” of mind. Specifically, one develops an unconditional compassion and care toward oneself and other beings. I hated...

Nov. 30

Seeing new possibilities for the future starts in the present. How does mindfulness prepare us for the future? As we pay attention to what’s happening in the present, we learn the nature of things to come. We learn that an emotion is impermanent. We learn how thoughts...

Nov. 29

There may come a time when you grow out of certain friendships and relationships.   You can appreciate the people who were in your life, for what they did, and how they served you.   We’re constantly changing, though. And the people we once chose to surround ourselves...

Nov. 28

It’s easy for our hearts to harden. Trauma, betrayal, stress. Or maybe we were just conditioned to not feel into that space. This seems to be especially true for men (myself included).   There is a tenderness that comes from keeping the heart open, and it’s often...

Nov. 27

What can we trust?   Can we trust our thoughts? Can we trust our emotions? Can we trust our intuition? Can we trust other people? Can we trust our beliefs?   All of these things can betray us. So what can we trust?   Perhaps we can trust that there’s learning in all...

Nov. 26

Abundance seems to be the hot word these days.   “Live the life you deserve. Have abundance of wealth, joy, spirituality.”   This is well and good, and there are certainly psychological barriers we need to break through to help us be open to this level of abundance....