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Intimacy and Loneliness

One of the strangest of today's phenomena is young people finding face-to-face conversations - even with friends - traumatic, and thus...

It's fascinating to observe how boxed-in some people become over the decades. As soon as any topic slightly outside of their comfort zone...

Having facilitated 39 eight-week MBSR courses, to a full spectrum of participants from deeply religious (Christians, Muslims, Jews,...

“If you feel safe and loved, your brain becomes specialized in exploration, play, and cooperation; if you are frightened and unwanted, it...

“The thing about tension is that it can only survive in darkness. In other words, it can only really survive when we’re unconscious of...

Wise people throughout the ages have, at the end of a long life of searching, concluded that the only thing that really matters is love....

Mindfulness is first and foremost about seeing clearly and loving deeply. Clarity and love actualize deep, meaningful engagement with...

Things, exactly as they are, just keep knocking at our sensory doors. If we don't open the door, reality will simply break down all our...

“The only thing we have to fear is fear itself” Franklin D. Roosevelt Fear hides our courage to discover & embrace, with an open...

There are so MANY wise advices! They sound tantalizingly true: "Just this"; "Only have no preferences"; "All shall be well"; "Let go of...