Practicing Human

If someone were to ask you if you could be with a moment of pain or discomfort, you'd probably say yes. You might not want to, but you could if you needed to. The pain becomes overwhelming once we co…

Our levels of energy and "doing" are inextricably connected to our capacity to rest. In this episode, we discuss the importance of rest, giving ourselves permission to rest, and also giving ourselves…

So many of us are walking through life holding incomplete cycles of emotions, experiences we've only partially allowed ourselves to feel and thus still feel burdened by. The only way to release these…

In the wake of George Floyd's murder, our country and our world are asked to take a closer look at what needs to change. In this episode, we'll make space for the many different experiences that coul…

In this episode, we discuss how to reflect on past difficult events to find the learning and growth that they offered us, and then to use that reflection to cultivate hope for a positive future, ulti…

In this episode, we discuss a powerful gratitude practice to help shift our perception of the past so that we change our hope for the future.

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A core tenet of mindfulness and meditation is that each moment is a new beginning, a new opportunity to start fresh. Of course, this is easier said than done, or easier understood than embodied. In t…

The process of growth holds a paradox. In one sense, you're ok exactly as you are. In another sense, you may need to make some changes to your life. In this episode, we'll discuss how to hold these t…

In this episode, we discuss the typical trajectory of the creative process in six steps. Every person is a creative in their own unique way, whether it's in business, art, parenting, or being in rela…

In today's episode, we discuss when it may not be appropriate to meditate, and also what you might do before you meditate as a way to improve the experience.

Also, we discuss a new way that I'm sharin…

How much will you need to change before you're worthy of love and acceptance? In this episode, we explore this question and the different motivations there can be for real change and growth.

As always…

“I am not I.
I am this one
Walking beside me whom I do not see,
Whom at times I manage to visit,
And at other times I forget.
The one who remains silent when I talk,
The one who forgives, sweet, when I hat…

In this episode, we discuss why sometimes the most compassionate thing you can do for another person is to let them struggle.

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Do you ever feel like you're accruing mental tension? Do you ever feel like meditation takes too much energy? Do you ever feel like you just want to "veg out" but you know scrolling through your phon…

The meditation teacher, Munindra-ji, used to say to his students "Sit and know that you're sitting, and the whole of dharma will reveal itself." Sometimes the practice is much more simple than we rea…

In this episode, we explore why the things that most frustrate you about yourself (or frustrate others about you) may also be linked to what you and others most appreciate about you.

As always, if you…

"You do not have to be good.
You do not have to walk on your knees
for a hundred miles through the desert repenting.
You only have to let the soft animal of your body
love what it loves.
Tell me about des…

What if you could overcome your resistance to doing the things you most need to do? In this episode, we'll explore how to work with resistance when it arises so you can move toward the life you're tr…

Self-loathing is pervasive in our culture. But it begs the question, who is doing the loathing and who is being loathed? In this episode, we'll take a deep dive into this question to explore how to l…

Many meditation traditions are goal-centric. That is, the meditation practice is used as a tool to get to a level of "awakening" that you're not already at. There is a different way to practice thoug…