…unreal, two-dimensional cardboard figures, not humans with wants and fears and throbbing hearts. The more different someone seems from us, the more unreal they may feel to us. We can…
Blog: Trance of “Unreal Other”
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Part 1 – Healing Anxiety – How Meditation Frees Us
Anxiety and the fear of failure is a pervasive suffering around the world. It is also increasing—along with the pace of life, over-consuming, addiction, noise, polarization and fears for our…
Blog: Suffering: The Call To Investigate Beliefs
…distorted view, described by the Buddha as a dream, fueled the cravings and fears that confined their lives. The Buddha also told an ancient teaching story that we still repeat…
Transcript & Audio ~ Guided Meditation: The Practice of Vipassana (Mindfulness) (15:27 min.)
…to your primary place of resting attention – the breath, perhaps listening to sounds. In a similar way, when strong emotions arise – fear, sadness, happiness, excitement, grief – you…
Blog: Learning to Recognize Our Strategies
…3. We withdraw from our experience of the present moment We avoid our wildness and passion, our fear and shame, because we feel powerless in the face of their force….
Rejecting the Wanting Self
“We have been raised to fear…our deepest cravings. And the fear of our deepest cravings keeps them suspect, keeps us docile and loyal and obedient, and leads us to settle…
Blog: Soul Recovery: Healing the Shame of Trauma
…or flee what is attacking us, we freeze and disconnect or dissociate in a way that the unprocessed fear gets locked into our body. We become “stuck” in a biological…
Blog: The Suffering of Rejecting Desire
“We have been raised to fear…our deepest cravings. And the fear of our deepest cravings keeps them suspect, keeps us docile and loyal and obedient, and leads us to settle…
Finding Your Querencia in the Pause
…his querencia. As long as the bull remains enraged and reactive, the matador is in charge. Yet when he finds querencia, he gathers his strength and loses his fear. From…
Blog: Presence in the Face of Dying
…I suggested, “you might pause and recognize what you are feeling—the fear or anger or grief—and then inwardly whisper the phrase ‘I consent.’” I’d recently heard this phrase from Father…
Beyond the Defended Self
…An inner voice asked, “What would happen if, in this moment, I didn’t try to do anything, to make anything different?” I immediately felt the visceral grip of fear and…
When We Don’t Make Anything “Wrong”
…what allowed him to be so accepting. He responded, “It doesn’t feel like anything is wrong. I feel grief and some fear about it all going, but it feels like…
Blog: The Space Between the Logs
…things off the list and tie up all loose ends. It’s really physically uncomfortable to pause! We each have an existential hum of fear that is in the background of…
Blog: The Opportunity of “The Magic Quarter Second”
…more the impulse to ask for help becomes paired with the belief that she will be refused and the accompanying feelings (fear or hurt, anger or shame). Years later, she…
Healing Trauma: The Light Shines Through the Broken Places
…invaluable and these practices are not considered as a substitute.) See also: Resources: Working with Fear and Trauma See also: Mindfulness Strategies for Working with Trauma and Strong Fear https://youtu.be/eR-DN7JYSLo…
The Opportunity of “The Magic Quarter-second”
…getting this response—the more the impulse to ask for help becomes paired with the belief that she will be refused and the accompanying feelings (fear or hurt, anger or shame)….
Blog: Awakening Through Anger
…either acting them out or resisting them. I encouraged Amy to check in with her fear. Was it willing to let this rage be here? Could the fear step aside…
Stories That Imprison Our Heart – Part 2
Our suffering arises from fear-based stories that are often outside our awareness. These include stories of our deficiency or importance, of being a victim, of being unseen or unloved, of…
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…Mindfulness for Anxiety and Sleep ON-DEMAND Explore how to access inner resources of safety, strength and connection. Drawing on these resources, we can stay present when fear arises and meet…
Part 2: Vulnerability, Intimacy, & Spiritual Awakening
We each live with uncertainty and the fear of rejection and loss, and we each are conditioned to avoid feeling or expressing that vulnerability. Yet intimacy with this unlived life…
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