I’d like to preface this by saying that books such as these are unlikely to quickly reveal your calling. Getting in touch with our purpose is not a small or…

“If you desire healing, let yourself fall ill, let yourself fall ill.”Rumi It’s not uncommon to hear clients use the word “fix” in session, often said with some amount of…

“Only to the extent that we expose ourselves over and over again to annihilation, can that which is indestructible in us be found.”Pema Chodron Many people come to a therapist…

"Praise and blame, gain and loss, pleasure and sorrow come and go like the wind. To be happy, rest like a giant tree in the midst of them all."Buddah After…

“All happiness comes from awareness. The more we are conscious, the deeper the joy. Acceptance of pain, non-resistance, courage and endurance - these open deep and perennial sources of real…

In a previous post I wrote about my first attempt at fasting for longer than a day.  It ended up being 70 hours. For the first 1 or 2 days…

"In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert's mind there are few."Shunryu Suzuki This is one of the first lines (maybe even the first) from the…

"The wound is the place where the light enters."Rumi This simple quote is a great pointer for handling pain, struggle, and difficult times. Our thinking mind's job is to prevent…