relationships

Unexpected Awakening, by Laurie Jacobson

Laurie Jacobson’s Unexpected Awakening is an absorbing and deeply moving memoir that captures the transformative power of finding one’s voice…

October 9, 2025

Forgiveness as a practice of compassion

One of the emotional drivers of cruel and unkind behavior is resentment. Resentment is when we hold onto past hurt,…

March 24, 2024

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

Seven ways meditation can help you be a better lover

Although Buddhist meditation was originally practiced mostly by celibate monks and nuns, who were not only forbidden from having sex…

February 14, 2017

Meditation brought us back together, say couple who traded in corporate lives to meditate

Sarah Catherall, Stuff: They gave the impression of having it all but Sally Lewis and Greg Hopkinson were stressed and…

October 31, 2016

The Dharma of intimate relationships

This was the first email in a Wildmind course called "The Conscious Couple." Our intimate relationships are a vital area…

August 30, 2016

Mindful eating with the “Sati Tala” — so sane it seems crazy

The other day I got an email from a couple in Israel who are launching a new mindfulness product. It's…

July 19, 2016

Kill the Soulmate

Cheryl Fraser, Mindful.org: Our brains can’t help but compare the imperfect human snoring beside us to the ideal hunk in…

June 23, 2016

Three ways meditation improves relationships – backed by science

Emma M. Seppälä, Psychology Today: Meditation can seem like a lonely activity, even a slightly selfish one —after all, you're…

May 3, 2016

How to be the world’s best soulmate

Nanci Besser, Fulfillment Daily The Challenge: Everyone wants to find their soulmate, but how can we be that for someone…

April 25, 2016