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“….when we expect other people to meet all our emotional needs, we get angry and frustrated when those needs aren’t met, especially right away. “….What’s beautiful about self-compassion is you can meet a lot of your own needs. “….If you … Continue reading →

Have you noticed how often life doesn’t go your way? And how often do you wish your life or the people around you were different? In your head, you have ideas about how life should be, how people should be, … Continue reading →

Mohini was a regal white tiger who lived for many years at the Washington, D.C. National Zoo. For most of those years her home was in the old lion house – a typical twelve-by-twelve-foot cage with iron bars and a … Continue reading →

Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply.~Stephen Covey Have you noticed how we don’t take the time to really listen to one another? Our thoughts race about what we want … Continue reading →

Capability often manifests in the way in which we survive difficult events. For example, a long-time Buddhist practitioner I met recently had invested heavily in the stock market back in the 1990s, and when the market fell later in the … Continue reading →

Study after study shows that self-criticism is consistently associated with less motivation and worse self-control. It is also one of the single biggest predictors of depression, which drains both “I will” power and “I want” power. In Contrast, self-compassion – … Continue reading →

Your brain creates your reality. It is not what happens to you in life that determines how you feel; it is how your brain perceives reality that makes it so. Most people are unaware that they are controlled not by … Continue reading →

The Dalai Lama shows no anger toward the Chinese, even though the policy of the Chinese government for years has been to practice genocide toward Tibetans, culturcide toward their institutions, beliefs, and everything they hold dear, and genocide toward the … Continue reading →

Thoughts are powerful. It is the creation of our mind’s work. We tend to dwell on the negative and don’t realize how the mind fabricates a story around it, creating more anxiety, fear, anger, and depression. Therefore, we create our … Continue reading →