I used to believe that love was what held a relationship together. That if two people loved each other deeply enough, they could withstand anything—circumstances, pressure, mistakes, even each other.

The extremes of shadow and light consciousness are ping ponging on the daily, moment to moment basis of this intensely challenging time of existence, although it is also overwhelmingly full of the ...

We all love talking about attachment styles these days, especially when it comes to relationships. Is he avoidant? Am I anxious? Is she emotionally available? But what if attachment theory doesn’t ...

It’s hard to put an enthusiastic, happy “exclamation mark” at the end of that, these days, as the head of the EPA is dedicated to actively destroying our America the Beautiful and serving the ...

When I worked as a professional model, people would see me in a magazine or on a billboard and say, “I want to do that.” What they didn’t understand was that it meant being evaluated constantly, ...

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It is often said that we don’t find yoga, but that yoga finds us. That something in our life, in the universe, responds to our readiness to benefit from what yoga has to offer us and then presents us ...

Saying “thank you” ain’t nearly enough, I’m sure we agree, but it’s a start! Those who know war, as they say, hate war. It’s not a thing of glory, it’s a thing of mud and blood. Plato said “Only the ...

Zen has a funny reputation…seriously. Everyone’s very serious and uptight…and at the same time, the great Zen teachers are famous for their irreverent ...

The Emptiness of Family: A Guide to Engaged Parenting. When we enter into the responsibilities of parenthood we welcome another sentient being into our mind-stream and open our mandala of practice to ...

What is a narcissistic discard? Simply put, when you’ve served your purpose for a certain person, you’re discarded by them. That’s it. You had little interest to this person as a living, breathing ...