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Meditation + Talk: Being Who You Want to Become

This Wednesday Night Meditation included a 33-minute meditation and 56-minute talk and discussion about Being Who You Want to Become.

I hope you find it helpful, and you are welcome to join my free Wednesday Meditations – open to everyone!

Meditation: Being Who You Want to Become

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Talk: Being Who You Want to Become

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Lower Your Stress

Can you take a moment?

The Practice:
Lower your stress

Why?

[Note: This JOT is adapted from Mother Nurture – a book written for mothers – focusing on typical situations that are experienced by many, though not all, mothers during the years before their children enter grade school. These are most commonly the years when mothers (biological and adoptive) experience the greatest demands of parenting. The article has been adapted to use non-gender specific language.]

Nobody likes being stre...

Being Well Podcast: Creating a Secure Relationship with Elizabeth Earnshaw

We all want a relationship that’s more than just functional, we want one that’s truly fulfilling. On today’s episode Forrest is joined by a wonderful therapist and author who focuses on giving people the tools they need to communicate, navigate hard times, and create deeper connections with other people: Elizabeth Earnshaw.

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Meditation + Talk: Confidence – The Power of Bodhicitta

This Wednesday Night Meditation included a -minute meditation and -minute talk and discussion offers a talk on “Confidence: The Power of Bodhicitta”, with guest teacher Kaira Jewel Lingo.

Kaira is a Dharma teacher who has a life-long interest in blending spirituality and meditation with social justice. At the age of twenty-five, she entered a Buddhist monastery in the Plum Village tradition and spent fifteen years living as a nun under the guidance of Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh. She rec...

Love Your Neighbor

What’s Nearby?

The Practice:
Love your neighbor.

Why?

This practice might sound extreme or pushy, and I want to tell you what I mean by it.

Everyone has lots of neighbors, and they come in many shapes and sizes. Obviously, the people living across the street are neighbors, but in some sense, so are the people you live with. Friends, relatives, co-workers, all the people you know are neighbors. So are the people at the market or walking past on the street. Other living things are neighbo...

Being Well Podcast: 10 Things We Can’t Live Without, Part 2

Today we’re continuing our exploration of the key inner strengths and psychological skills we truly feel like we couldn’t live without. In the second of two episodes dedicated to this topic, Dr. Rick and Forrest Hanson talk about joy, seeing the mind’s deceits, keeping your good humor, the wild spirit, and finding meaning.

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Meditation + Talk: The Joy of Unilateral Virtue

This Wednesday Night Meditation included a 34-minute meditation and 57-minute talk and discussion about The Joy of Unilateral Virtue.

I hope you find it helpful, and you are welcome to join my free Wednesday Meditations – open to everyone!

Meditation: The Joy of Unilateral Virtue

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Forgive

Are you holding onto feeling wronged?

The Practice:
Forgive.

Why?

Forgiveness is a tricky topic.

First, it has two distinct meanings:

To give up resentment or angerTo pardon an offense; to stop seeking punishment or recompense

Here, I am going to focus on the first meaning, which is broad enough to include situations where you have not let someone off the hook morally or legally, but you still want to come to peace about whatever happened. Finding forgiveness can walk hand in hand ...

Being Well Podcast: 10 Things We Can’t Live Without, Part 1

On today’s episode of Being Well, Forrest and I reveal the key inner strengths and psychological skills we truly feel like we couldn’t live without. In the first of two episodes dedicated to this topic, we talk about benevolence, patience, curiosity, self-regulation, and grit.

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Meditation + Talk: How To Stay Up When Others Put You Down

This Wednesday Night Meditation included a 33-minute meditation and 50-minute talk and discussion about How To Stay Up When Others Put You Down.

I hope you find it helpful, and you are welcome to join my free Wednesday Meditations – open to everyone!

Meditation: How To Stay Up When Others Put You Down

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