Mahāyāna Buddhism emphasizes compassion, and yet it portrays awakened beings who look anything but peaceful and loving. The best-known of…
Here are things I try to observe in my own communication online, especially around politics. These lessons are drawn from…
It’s hard not to get overwhelmed by what's going on in the world. Politics is polarizing, the news cycle fuels…
I am launching a major new course for 2026, on the topic of how we deal with political turmoil. Here's…
I've been practicing and teaching self-compassion for a long time now. My book on that topic, "This Difficult Thing of…
It's always an interesting day when one of your books is published. It's exciting. But you're sending your inmost thoughts…
A few weeks ago my partner and I went to a pro-Democracy rally a couple of miles down the road.…
It was lovely to receive this photograph the other day. This is Mara, one of the people who wrote an…
First, the calamity We're on a very bad path in the US at the moment. Many of you live in…
Because of the alarming political situation in the US, which has parallels with events in other countries, I've been writing…