Western science has produced a robust literature investigating the how and why of compassion and its role in healing and wellness.

Wow, what a difference a week makes! Conditions have worsened significantly with respect to the impact the virus is having on our health and wealth. Last wee...

Current events related to the COVID-19 pandemic are stressing us all out, and now, more than ever, is the time to invest in our wellbeing. The spread of a vi...

Wildness, is a manifestation of our natural purpose in life, unmediated by social constructions. Surrendering to our potential is not easy.

Yesterday I gave a talk at our public library under the auspices of the Democracy Forum, a loose knit collaboration of local citizens who hope to educate and...

I’m inflight to Newark, after spending six days in Havana, Cuba. Traveling to faraway lands where people speak languages other than my own and have forged wa...

Loyalty - Is what we project onto our dogs. For good reason. Loyalty is what we cannot accept from our lovers, our siblings, our...

When it's over I want to say: all of my life I was a bride married to amazement I was the bridegroom, taking the world into my arms. When it’s over I don’t w...

Each of us accepts the consequence of heartbreak the moment we choose to live open hearted; whether we do so consciously or not.

I was excited to get out into the woods despite the temperature of 25°. It was full sun, no wind, and the forecast for Saturday was predicting a transformati...

You must learn one thing. The world was made to be free in. Give up all the other worlds except the one to which you belong. from Sweet Darkness, David Whyte...

Exploring the impact of self-compassion

I was speaking with a friend a couple of days ago, who is struggling with a major decision that has significant ramifications for her and some loved ones in ...

I follow up my previous post by exploring how cultural norms also shape our thinking, feeling and behaving via "social-boxes".

Thinking outside the box is a popular phrase used to instigate creative endeavors, including decision making. What keeps this phrase from being cliché is the...

Pride has a bad rap, but recent research demonstrates that it helps us delay gratification. Simple acts of kindness benefit future you!

Follow up from last week's blog on delayed gratification and how to get beyond the limited benefits of cognitive strategies.

It all comes down to intertemporal choice. How’s that title for a mishmash of colloquial and academic discourse? Many of you will have some familiarity with ...

I've just posted a guided meditation to help get in touch with gratitude.

Surprising ways that emotions can influence our perception and our decision making