Safe, Stable and Sane Spiritual Practices in Crazy Times with Philip Goldberg
Some of us are asking the questions: Are spiritual practices a necessity or merely a luxury in these turbulent times? How do prayer, meditation, mindfulness and other practices help us in crazy times? Here we explore practices that will stabilize and anchor us when the winds of rancor and rage…
Healing And Repairing Relationship, An Ongoing Process with Susan Campbell, Ph.D.
Dr. Campbell offers practical advice for repairing our love relationships while also healing our inner wounds. We learn methods for turning common relationship conflicts into opportunities to foster love, trust, and intimacy. She suggests making an agreement with your partner to take a “time-out” when you sense a trigger, using…
The Power Of Poetry In Uncertain Times with Jane Hirshfield
In this time of global uncertainty good poems can soften the heart and help us face another day with curiosity, wonder and hope. A good poem gives us another lens with which to view the world and helps bring what is often unseen into view. It can be the observation…
The Soft Alert, Steadiness of being a Ninja in Our Practices of Wholeness with Rick Hanson, Ph.D.
The study of meditation has demonstrated that sustained, long-term practice can alter the brain markedly. These changes bring greater resilience and well-being. It’s said that even brief meditative practices can change areas of your brain involved with attention, body awareness, emotional regulation, and a sense of self. This deep dialogue…
A Comprehensive Conversation About What We Eat with Will Tuttle, Ph.D.
Gandhi once said, “The most violent weapon on Earth is the table fork.” Dr. Will Tuttle asks us to consider one of the primary driving forces behind a whole network of problems we face as human beings is the mentality of violence, exploitation, exclusion, and privilege that is required for us to eat animal…
Opening to Our Inner Radiance with the RAIN Process With Tara Brach, Ph.D.
We all have aspirations and intentions for our best lives. Yet these often go by the wayside as we get lost in unconscious, mental, emotional reactivity, fear, and our own personal woundedness. We get caught up in self judgment, blaming others, living on autopilot, as the saying goes. This makes…
The Essence of Erosion and Evolution with Terry Tempest Williams
Williams asks the central question for our world today, “How do we find the strength to not look away from all that is breaking our hearts?” She looks at the elements of erosion and evolution with regards to all that is shaping the physical landscape of our nation due to climate change…
Unleash Your Brain Power as You Age with Michael J. Gelb, Ph.D.
Researchers have shown that, like fine wine, our brains can improve with age. Michael Gelb has spoken with the world’s foremost brain researchers about how the brain actually works and they have revealed exciting news. He says, “Unlike the knee or the hip, the brain is designed to improve with use…
Our Primary Connection With Divine Mind with Stephen G. Post, Ph.D.
Post shows us an example of noticing and following the synchronicities that come to us as guiding stepping-stones for our life path. He tells of a reoccurring dream he had as a teenager and of his mentor Dr. Rev. Rod Welles who recognized the dream as prophetic. His dream was…
Mindfulness in the Marketplace with Marc Lesser
Mindfulness is both profound and potent. Marc Lesser suggests that it is not about holding the busy world at bay, it’s to cultivate a more alive, responsive, effective and warm-hearted way of being within the world as it already exists and within a life you already live. This deep dialogue…
