reviews

“Loving Kindness,” by Deborah Underwood

Deborah Underwood kindly sent me a copy of "Loving Kindness" in late 2021. As a fan of books on lovingkindness…

February 13, 2023

“Goodnight Love: A Bedtime Meditation Story”

A little while ago I received an email from Sumi Loundon Kim, telling me about a new bedtime book for…

February 11, 2023

“Aging with Wisdom: Reflections, Stories and Teachings” by Olivia Ames Hoblitzelle

The book’s title describes a daunting challenge. For our aging to have the blessing of bringing us wisdom – who…

March 17, 2019

Recovery capital

What I'm Thinking The world needs recovery right now. These past few months we've had mudslides in Sierra Leone, Hurricanes…

October 3, 2017

“Make Peace With Your Mind” by Mark Coleman

Mark Coleman is a senior meditation teacher at Spirit Rock Meditation Center in California, as well as an executive coach…

March 28, 2017

“When the Anger Ogre Visits,” by Andrée Salom

Some weeks ago I read this book with my kids (a six-year-old boy and an almost-eight-year-old girl) several times now,…

November 5, 2014

ZenFriend: A new meditation timer for iPhone

I've recently been trying out a new meditation timer app for iPhone. It's very nicely designed and has a lot…

May 30, 2014

Tricycle magazine explores ‘dharma drunks’

Last month I asked the question, why another book on recovery? In the summer issue of Tricycle, Joan Duncan Oliver,…

May 12, 2014

“The Buddha’s Apprentice at Bedtime,” By Dharmachari Nagaraja

Three years ago I walked into a bookstore in Vancouver, where I was doing a book launch, and literally the…

November 25, 2013

“Room to Breathe” — A documentary film about mindfulness in a troubled middle school

Room to Breathe is a documentary about teaching mindfulness to students of the troubled Marina Middle School in San Francisco,…

September 21, 2013