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Who needs willpower anyway?

I confess that I have a bit of an addictive personality — not in the sense of being an alcoholic…

February 27, 2018

Quick ‘mindfulness’ fix may help curb drinking

Lisa Rapaport, Reuters: Heavy drinkers may be able to cut back after brief mindfulness training exercises that involve helping them…

September 1, 2017

Four crucial things to consider if you have goals in your spiritual practice

I see a lot of confusion about whether it's OK to have goals in spiritual practice, and in meditation in…

January 4, 2016

How mindfulness can help us appreciate food

Derek Watson, Herald Scotland: When I was a wee girl my daddy used to cajole me and my brother and…

July 30, 2015

Use mindfulness to overcome unhealthy cravings

Michael Taft, Huffington Post: I love espresso. But I remember sometimes "waking up" suddenly and finding myself right in the…

August 5, 2014

Always craving chocolate? Meditation could help

Emma Innes, MailOnline: Buddhist mediation could be the key to cutting chocolate cravings, new research has revealed. A study found…

March 18, 2014

From longing to belonging

The great Tibetan yogi Milarepa spent many years living in isolation in a mountain cave. As part of his spiritual…

July 17, 2013

Rejecting the wanting self

“We have been raised to fear ... our deepest cravings. And the fear of our deepest cravings keeps them suspect,…

December 24, 2012

Portlandia’s Vipassana Romance

A third season of Portlandia -- a Peabody Award-winning satiric sketch comedy television series, set and filmed in (and near)…

November 8, 2012

Looking for the silver lining of our dysfunction

One of the indisputable realities about being human is that we all have weaknesses. No one escapes this. Some of…

October 23, 2012