Category: Mindfulness
10 Precepts for Parents
John Becvar uses the Zen precepts as a guide for peaceful parenting that gives our childen love, trust, and self-confidence.
Worried About Worrying
Susan Piver gives advice on working with a mind that can’t stop working over every detail.
5 Surprising Slogans to Help You Handle Anger
Zen teacher Norman Fischer applies five mind-training slogans to anger and other emotions.
The Wisdom of Anger
If you know how to use it, says Melvin McLeod, the energy of anger becomes fierce and compassionate wisdom. Even the buddhas get angry about injustice.
How to Unleash Your Creativity
From the profound teachings of Dzogchen, the Great Perfection, Geshe Tenzin Wangyal tells us how to unleash powerful creative energy.
Going Outside
When life gets too busy, Kathleen Dean Moore remembers the childhood joy of nature. Stress, she reminds us, is the antonym of gratitude.
How to Transform Anger in 4 Steps
Using the traditional metaphor of the poison tree, Judy Lief teaches us four Buddhist techniques to work with our anger
Farts, Frantz Fanon, and Rainbow Boogers
Breeze Harper on the precarious balance of work and motherhood.
How to Read the News
How can we follow the news in ways that nurture – and don’t diminish – wellbeing? Media scholar Holly Stocking offers some guidance.
No Stealing Joy!
It's so easy to lose sight of joy these days. Here's Zen teacher Alan Senauke's advice for keeping your Joyful Mind when fear and suffering threaten it.