I was talking to my daughter recently and found myself saying something that would have been unimaginable for most of my life: "I don't need certainty the way I used to." The moment the words came out of my mouth, I realized how much I had changed. For most of my life, I thought I […]

“Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.” — Buddha Forgiveness begins in the heart, where love and compassion come together and transform pain into understanding. When we practice forgiveness, we create space for healing and discover […]

Spiritual awareness begins when we open the heart and attune to the sensations within the body. When we become present to what is happening internally, awareness naturally expands into everything we do. Feelings and emotions move like an electrical current through the physical body. Often, we sense things long before the mind can understand them. […]

In the Buddhist teachings, the Buddha identified what are known as the Eight Fundamental Realizations — insights designed to help us live in harmony with universal laws rather than in resistance to them. These realizations address common human misconceptions that create suffering. The First Realization is the Law of Impermanence. At its core, the Law […]

What does it really cost to keep the peace—and who pays that cost? Last week, I wrote about the cost of being right, exploring the experience from the perspective of someone who deflects, minimizes, or dismisses concerns rather than addressing the issue at hand. In this post, I want to explore the other side of […]

The only time we suffer is when we are arguing with what is. We believe that life—or people—should show up a certain way. When they don’t, we get upset. We throw all sorts of assumptions on top of their behaviors, their words, their choices... and we believe those assumptions to be the truth. Rarely do […]

You may be thinking, What do you mean, cultivating authenticity? I am authentic. I’m truly myself. But are you really? The root of the word authenticity is the Greek word autos, meaning “self.” This is closely related to “author” and “authority.” To be authentic is to be true to a sense of self that arises […]

In Buddhism, we are challenged to ask ourselves if it’s possible to live a life without suffering. One of the most direct ways to investigate our own suffering and the ways we bring it upon ourselves is by examining our intentions. And the power of intention should not be underestimated. Sure, we can take actions […]

When we understand the meaning of anything we do in meditation, or anything else in life really, it increases the outcome of the meditation and provides greater benefits. So why should we focus on meditation to open your heart?  The Science When we relax the heart, it opens the brain. Brain waves then can build […]

To save the Earth, we have to heal ourselves.

And the irony is that to heal ourselves, we have to save the Earth. This is the very nature of interconnectedness.