What is mindful presence?
Stress-Proof Your Brain, by Rick Hanson (2CDs) This article is about developing the skill of mindful presence. Let’s unpack those two words, mindful presence. Mindfulness is simply a clear,...
View ArticleGiving is the most natural thing in the world
Meditations for Happiness (3 CDs) When you consider all this, it’s clear that we spend a lot of time giving to others. It’s the most natural thing in the world. Most giving is small, in passing, hardly...
View ArticleLet Go
What Are You Holding Onto? I’ve done a lot of rock climbing, so I know firsthand the importance sometimes of not letting go! This applies to other things as well: keeping hold of a child’s hand while...
View ArticleWhy develop mindful presence?
Check out Meditations for Happiness by Rick Hanson (3 CDs)This is the second post in the series on mindful presence. You can view Part One here. So why should we go out of our way to develop...
View ArticleForgive Yourself
Meditation MP3 – The Heart’s Wisdom: Development of Compassion Everyone messes up. Me, you, the neighbors, Mother Teresa, Mahatma Gandhi, King David, the Buddha, everybody. It’s important to...
View ArticleSpeak truly
It’s been said that the most powerful tool for physical health is a fork (or spoon), since the choices you make with it determine the good or bad things you put into your body. In the same way, perhaps...
View ArticleFrom shame to self-worth: evolutionary neurobiology of shame
Have you ever scolded a dog and seen him or her look guilty? Obviously, animals do not have the elaborated textures of thoughts and feelings that humans do. But our emotions, even the subtlest ones,...
View ArticleFrom shame to self-worth: development of shame spectrum feelings in childhood
Shame is a very primal emotion, one that has a lot of traction in the mind. As we grow up, from infants to adults, shame elaborates many nuances, like the branches and twigs growing from a single...
View ArticleAccept Dependence
Want to try a little experiment? Stop breathing. Really. For a few seconds, maybe a few dozen seconds, and see how it feels. For me, this experiment is an intimate way to experience a deep truth, that...
View ArticleDodging sticks and chasing carrots
Scientists believe that your brain has a built-in “negativity bias.” In other words, as we evolved over millions of years, dodging sticks and chasing carrots, it was a lot more important to notice,...
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