LOG OUT OF FACEBOOK: Lessons from a social media experiment
A few months ago, I joined an experiment called 99 Days of Freedom. This online study came about as a response to the controversial mood experiment conducted by...
Participatory Culture
MINIMALIST LIVING: A meditative practice that goes beyond owning less
Minimalism is a lifestyle that more and more people seem to be embracing around the world. You see it in Ikea design and Danish hygge. You read about it in book...
MY OWL ADVENTURE: Living in the intersection of human and animal habitats
A foundlingAs usual, coming home from work at 6:30 p.m. a few days ago, I parked in the sunken lot below our building and walked up the concrete steps t...
I WILL NOT FEAR: An over-the-airwaves epiphany on Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Every Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a national holiday in America (except for the state of Arizona), I try to read or listen to something that’ll amplify my appre...
BUILD TRUST THROUGH CONVERSATION: The 4 keys to effective listening
The following has been excerpted from Believe It to Achieve It: Overcome Your Doubts, Let Go of the Past, and Unlock Your Full Potential, in which authors Brian...
MY PATH TO PEACE: Embracing a lifestyle of simplicity and neutrality
In India, Saturn is a dreaded planet, for it's capable of bringing obstacles and misery.They fear the arrival of the Saturn cycle in the horoscope.I don...
LOVE AND THE WORLD: How compassion and trust can impact international politics
Publisher's noteWho better than a cardiologist to unpack the many dimensions of love, the emotion that has long been depicted as emanating from the hear...
THAT ALL ARE CREATED EQUAL: The painful journey from the ideal to realizing the reality
The American ideal, an experiment in people living together with the right to life, liberty and pursuit of wholeness, has become a fractured, fragmented, divisi...
CAUGHT IN A CULT: Australia’s Osho Samaya Ashram is far more than a meditation retreat
Earlier this year, I found myself losing the plot with my mental health in Brisbane, Australia. I ended up getting heavily involved with cocaine, alcohol and a ...