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.

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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.

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.

3 Tips for Surviving a Toxic Workplace

Michael Carroll, author of Fearless at Work, gives step-by-step advice on how to deal with a toxic workplace.

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Courage Starts With Uncertainty

Margaret Wheatley and Pema Chödrön discuss how organizations can acknowledge their confusion and trust in the goodness of the underlying order.

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The Balanced Body and the Middle Way

While tension and imbalance manifest as discursiveness, a truly balanced body generates an ease and relaxation that naturally supports the awakened mind.

Buddha shakyamuni sculpture sitting in meditation.

The Four Foundations of Mindfulness

Bhante Gunaratana explains that the Four Foundations of Mindfulness are mindfulness of body, feelings, mind, and dhamma.