Know Thyself

by | Jun 27, 2018 | Self-Awareness

Really examining your reactions to life helps you better understand yourself and others. Becoming aware of what’s going on internally, helps you see the connection between your thoughts and beliefs and what’s showing up in your life. Taking full...

Life and Death

by | Jun 21, 2018 | Self-Awareness

Everything in life conforms to the natural progression of birth, growth, aging and death. Facing our mortality is not morbid. It’s actually something that breathes more life into our everyday experience. When we understand how limited this life is, it feels all...

Behind the Illusion

by | Jun 17, 2018 | Self-Awareness

Most of us live in a highly nuanced bubble of perception. The world we perceive is our own fabrication, fashioned by our history, programming and intrinsic temperament. Fully appreciating the beauty of life is the byproduct of equanimity. Accessing this state requires...

This Is Peace

by | Jun 10, 2018 | Self-Awareness

There are no future conditions that guarantee happiness or peace of mind. That kind of relief and well-being doesn’t magically appear when a number of external criteria are satisfied. It comes from understanding that life is created by the play of opposites,...

Feel Those Feelings

by | May 9, 2018 | Feelings, Self-Awareness

You can’t control the feelings that arise in you – and you shouldn’t try. You can’t even know for sure where your feelings come from. But, you can definitely control the type of thoughts you cultivate. This is vitally important because every...

The Science of Mindfulness

by | May 8, 2018 | Self-Awareness

There’s a split second between a feeling or thought and our reaction to it. Paying attention to this gap and learning to momentarily delay action until we can do it consciously, helps us respond from the prefrontal cortex, the more thoughtful part of the brain....