change

New Year aspirations (rather than resolutions)

When I was younger I used to think that New Year's Day resolutions would almost automatically bring about change. It…

January 2, 2022

Dealing with the pain of change

The other day one of my meditation students wrote, asking for some advice. She was having to downsize and move…

July 2, 2021

This one small shift can help you be more at peace

Often when we see change we act like it's a big surprise that the universe has been hiding from us.…

February 27, 2019

None of us is broken

There are so many ways to freak out in response to life’s challenges, disappointments, and frustrations. We can become anxious,…

March 29, 2017

Attachment in intimate relationships

For as long as I've been practicing Buddhism, people have been talking about attachment in intimate relationships in a particular…

February 14, 2016

The bud dreaming the flower

Last weekend I taught meditation on a workshop along with another teacher who talked about the importance of goals as…

September 22, 2015

Living with change

Everything changes all the time: our bodies, other people and the world around us. In fact, change and impermanence are…

March 23, 2015

New beginnings

There's a 50/50 chance that you made some New Year resolutions a couple of months ago; there's an even better…

February 26, 2015

Please don’t start meditating (unless you’re willing to change)

Lodro Rinzler, Huffington Post: A Buddhist teacher I respect a great deal once proclaimed a warning about meditation: Don't do…

January 22, 2015

The teaching of the zombie Buddha

By day I'm a peace-loving Buddhist; by night a fearless zombie slayer. That second part isn't entirely true. Last night…

October 31, 2014