Podcast Episodes

Making Peace with Dread (The Personal Kind)

Season 9 Episode 489

Recently I said something snarky and it got back to the person.For the whole day, I dreaded what would happen. When the worst did happen, I felt even worse: a slow, painful remembering of how imperfe…

Published on 4 months ago

Sending Some Love to Earth

Season 9 Episode 488

I hear a lot about sending love to humans, being kind and appreciative and compassionate to teachers, loved ones, friends…even enemies.
 
I hear less about sending love to the earth. Yet of all beings …

Published on 4 months, 1 week ago

Accessing Our Love, and Other Challenges

Season 9 Episode 487

Are we “cultivating” love, compassion, and joy, or do we already have plenty and just need to access it?
 
If we have plenty, and just need to learn how to access it, what’s in the way of doing that? F…

Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago

Wisdom and Not-Wisdom in Action, Plus Sweet News

Season 9 Episode 486

There’s “ordinary” news: market whiplash; leadership/not leadership; greed, hatred, and delusion.
 
But there’s sweet news, too: the child of a friend and benefactor who cleans houses for living - a ch…

Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago

Commitment Versus Attachment

Season 9 Episode 485

When I feel committed, it gives me purpose, energy, direction. But to fulfill my commitment, especially if someone else is committed to the opposite cause, I need to understand all angles, all sides.…

Published on 4 months, 4 weeks ago

Signaling Safety with Mindful Communication

Season 9 Episode 484

Signaling that we’re mindful, whether we’re speaking, writing, posting, or messaging, is simple.

There’s no lying, denying, or blame. There’s no harm done. We’re remembering that what we say and do, m…

Published on 5 months ago

An Appropriate Response?

Season 9 Episode 483

What is an appropriate response when I get something I don’t want, or don’t get what I do want?

Bully the person I “think” is responsible? Chastise, criticize, frighten, and ruin them I’m following th…

Published on 5 months, 1 week ago

Making Peace Out of Chaos

Season 9 Episode 482

I don’t know what we can do in this moment except stay in the boat, and when we get tossed into the ocean, grab the hull and crawl back inside to safety. That’s how it feels to me right now.

But I won…

Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago

The Radical Act of Abandoning Hate

Season 9 Episode 481

Emotions are running high. Western mindfulness, quoting Rumi, says, ill will, anger, even hate: “Welcome and entertain them all….They may be clearing us out for some new delight.”

The ancient mindfuln…

Published on 5 months, 3 weeks ago

Love and Breathe, For Everyone’s Sake

Season 9 Episode 480

If breath is the focus, the anchor, refuge from an uncertain world, then maybe love is the antidote.

I’m not saying I know much about love other than that it feels absent in so many places, and crucia…

Published on 6 months ago