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You do not need to be ashamed of being imperfect

We’re all subject to conditioning that affects our ability to be happy and sometimes makes us miserable. This conditioning actually…

January 20, 2019

Seven tips on making meditation a daily habit

You can know all about the benefits of meditation. You can know that it's good for your mental health, offers…

December 29, 2018

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

This simple tweak to your self-view can get you meditating daily

Meditation is a powerful practice, making us healthier, happier, and more compassionate. But even if you know this — even…

December 30, 2017

Get your sit together in 2017

Meditating regularly has immense benefits. Meditating makes you happier, is good for your health, protects your brain from aging, boosts…

December 9, 2016

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

Bringing accountability to your practice

I'm just getting over a bad habit relating to meditation that's plagued me for over thirty years. It was reading…

April 16, 2014

Overcoming resistance to meditation

No matter how much experience we have of meditation being beneficial in our lives, and of not meditating making life…

December 4, 2013

Four ways to shake up your meditation practice

Last month I wrote about how sometimes your meditation practice may seem to be going nowhere, and how that's OK.…

October 15, 2013

Becoming a rock-solid regular meditator

I really admire those few people I know who can honestly say they've been meditating for 10 or 20 years,…

September 14, 2012