We're almost a quarter of the way through the challenge! One thing I've been working on is cultivating more lovingkindness…
Sometimes people have trouble wishing a person well when that person has done or said something they disapprove of, or…
It astonishes me how much time I spend making judgements about people, but the truly surprising thing is that although…
Victoria Gill, BBC: Performing deliberate acts of kindness makes pre-teen children more popular with their peers, say scientists. A team…
Friendliness is a down-to-earth approach to others that is welcoming and positive. Think about a time when someone was friendly…
Yesterday I lost my temper with my daughter and yelled at her. I even snatched out of her hands the…
Take a breath right now, and notice how abundant the air is, full of life-giving oxygen offered freely by trees…
Recently I received a few questions about the relationship between lovingkindness and "toughness." 1. When practicing lovingkindness, how do you…
A new study has found that participating in an eight-week meditation training program can have measurable effects on how the…
I was drawn to my first Buddhist mindfulness retreat during a time when my son, Narayan, was four, and I…