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November 6, 2020
Meditation + Talk: Taking Refuge In The Good That Endures
This Wednesday Night Meditation included a 46-minute guided meditation and 36-minute talk and discussion.
I hope you find it helpful, and you are welcome to join my free Wednesday Meditations – open to everyone!
Meditation: Taking Refuge In The Good That Endures
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November 3, 2020
Cultivate Goodwill
Do people ever make you mad?
The Practice:
Cultivate goodwill.
Why?
As the most social and loving species on the planet, we have the wonderful ability and inclination to connect with others, be empathic, cooperate, care, and love. On the other hand, we also have the capacity and inclination to be fearfully aggressive toward any individual or group we regard as “them.” (In my book – Buddha’s Brain: The Practical Neuroscience of Happiness, Love and Wisdom – I develop this idea further, ...
November 1, 2020
Being Well Podcast: 10 Most Essential Lessons, Part 2
In the second part of our 10 most essential lessons for a great life, we explore accepting difference, open heartedness, healthy skepticism, embracing life, and impermanence.
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Key Topics:
2:30: Different people are different.
10:00: Open your heart.
13:45: Open heartedness as a ‘field.’
19:20: Cultiv...
October 29, 2020
Meditation + Talk: Accepting the World
This Wednesday Night Meditation included a 45-minute guided meditation and 35-minute talk and discussion.
I hope you find it helpful, and you are welcome to join my free Wednesday Meditations – open to everyone!
Meditation: Accepting the World
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Talk: Accepting the World
October 27, 2020
Take Heart
What do you do when the bottom falls out?
The Practice:
Take heart.
Why?
It takes heart to live in even ordinary times.
By “taking heart,” I mean several related things:
Sensing your heart and chest
Finding encouragement in what is good both around you and inside you
Resting in your own warmth, compassion, and kindness; resting in the caring for you from others; love flowing in and love flowing out
Being courageous, whole-hearted and strong-hearted – going forward wisely, even when anxious,...
Being Well Podcast: 10 Most Essential Lessons, Part 1
What are the most essential lessons we’ve ever learned? Today we’re exploring the first half of our 10 most important practices, skills, techniques, and reflections for the long road of life. Today we cover getting on your own side, the impact of childhood, widening your view, slowing down, and taking in the good.
A quick summary of Rick’s approach to taking in the good.
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October 22, 2020
Meditation + Talk: Accepting Other People
This Wednesday Night Meditation included a 35-minute guided meditation and 45-minute talk and discussion.
I hope you find it helpful, and you are welcome to join my free Wednesday Meditations – open to everyone!
Meditation: Accepting Other People
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Talk: Accepting Other People
October 20, 2020
Drop Tart Tone
Feeling a little sour?
The Practice:
Drop tart tone.
Why?
Tone matters.
I remember times I felt frazzled or aggravated and then said something with an edge to it that just wasn’t necessary or useful. Sometimes it was the words themselves: such as absolutes like “never” or always,” or over-the-top phrases like “you’re such a flake” or “that was stupid.” More often it was the intonation in my voice, a harsh vibe or look, interrupting, or a certain intensity in my body. However I did it, ...
October 19, 2020
Being Well Podcast: How to Have Hard Conversations with Celeste Headlee
Between quarantine and our ever-more electronically-plugged-in world, today more of us communicate through electronic screens than ever before. Pair that with rising political polarization, and the complexities that come from having an increasingly thin line between our public and private lives, and it’s no surprise that studies show that Americans feel less connected and more divided than ever...
October 15, 2020
Meditation + Talk: Accepting All of Who You Are
This Wednesday Night Meditation included a 34-minute guided meditation and 47-minute talk and discussion.
I hope you find it helpful, and you are welcome to join my free Wednesday Meditations – open to everyone!
Meditation: Accepting All of Who You Are
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Talk: Accepting All of Who You Are
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