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How to Relinquish Unrealistic Expectations
All of us hold unrealistic expectations. In fact, the biggest unrealistic expectation is that people shouldn’t have unrealistic expectations, according to Miranda Morris, Ph.D, a c…
Ayurveda for Inflammation
Every choice we make, everything we do, is either inflammatory or anti-inflammatory. Try Ayurveda for inflammation.
Why Evolution Made Forgiveness Difficult
Nature endowed humanity with both revenge and forgiveness as tools of conflict resolution. But why does one seem so much harder than the other?
2015 May/June
21 Days to Your Vision Quest
Get ready for the least-expensive, most-healing, most-enlightening 48 hours you may ever experience.
2015 May/June
Surprise Yourself with a Nested Meditation
One of the more ingenious tools we’ve found for reframing a tough situation—or simply having fun with words—is a process that psychologist Kevin Anderson calls nested meditation. I…
2015 May/June
The Heart of Money: Should I Take a Volunteer Vacation?
Question: I need a vacation, and I’m happy to spend my hard-earned money someplace that needs it. But my husband wants to try a “volunteer” vacation. He says working to help desper…
2015 May/June
Close to the Ground: Two Words
When it was time to step down from my role as the guiding teacher of Still Point Zen Buddhist Temple some 10 years ago, I spent a long time fussing about what my final dharma talk …
