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Freedom Means Being Honest With Ourselves
Season 10 Episode 537
It’s astonishingly easy for me to lie. “I didn’t say that, I didn’t mean that, you misunderstood.” “I’m sorry you feel that way,” instead of, “I’m so…
2 months, 1 week ago
We Are All Such Beloved Fools
Season 10 Episode 536
The fool can beloved or not. Beloved fools are open-hearted and cultivate “don’t know” mind. Not-so-beloved fools think they know something, or know …
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Acting Accordingly, and Other Good Ideas
Season 10 Episode 535
It’s one thing to practice and study mindfulness. It’s a great thing. It’s another to act accordingly.
What happens when you’re in the courtroom or c…
2 months, 4 weeks ago
Overlooking the Faults of Others
It’s not like we don’t know we’re supposed to do that. It’s not like I don’t know. But it so much easier, maybe even reflexive, to notice the faults …
3 months ago
Don’t Let Your Heart Run Scared
Season 10 Episode 533
I notice that far too often, I let my mind run wild. I don’t mean I’m completely undisciplined – I have a meditation practice and you probably do, to…
3 months, 1 week ago
Taking Joy in a Knock on the Nose
Season 10 Episode 532
My general reaction to those little life lessons, the AFOGs, has not been delight. Instead, I’ve often felt affronted or like I’ve messed up or faile…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Mindfulness on the Ground
Season 10 Episode 531
It feels supportive to share about what we’ve read or come to understand about kindness and connection. I’m as guilty as the next person of doing tha…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Creating Happiness
Season 10 Episode 530
Creating happiness when so much seems to be crumbling before our very eyes – sometimes that feels like a challenge. But what works for me is the mome…
4 months ago
Truth and the Heart: Seeing is Healing
Season 10 Episode 529
Here I am, again, my heart all bound up in some petty dispute. For the millionth time, I see, and feel, tightness, closed-up-ness: this old heart try…
4 months, 1 week ago
Worthiness
Season 10 Episode 528
Sometimes I feel like we take for granted the privilege we have as lawyers, law professors, judges, and mediators. Or that we’re not worthy of our po…
4 months, 2 weeks ago