Recently, I’ve been brought face-to-face with how the world around me can impact how I feel and define the moment...
Living with AIDS Living in a refugee settlement The woman and her boy (by this time he was no longer...
Empaths are highly sensitive, finely tuned instruments when it comes to emotions. They feel everything, sometimes to an extreme, and...
Tibetan sand mandalas are an ancient art form of Tibetan Buddhism. Mandala is a Sanskrit word meaning “cosmogram” or “world...
Tripping on sounds, I hear birds outside my window, muffled, over the swish-throb of a heartbeat in my ears, a...
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s vision was revolutionary, transcending the social and political realities of his time. His unwavering commitment...
As the United States begins relaxing stay-at-home orders, it has made me reflect on the meaning of freedom in the...
Like any other night, Colin Gordan went through his usual pre-bedtime routine. The 74-year-old former-reality-TV-star-turned-dictator-of-a-nation admired his Botox-injected face in...
Young poplar trees scatter the sunlight into patches of shade in the courtyard of the Main Temple in Dharamsala, India—home...
I find the notion that “there, but by the grace of God, go I,” really says the truth about each...
A number of years ago, I was walking down the street in Manhattan when I happened to pass a pricey...
Since 2008, I’ve lived in Barcelona, in Catalonia, Spain. My wife is from Barcelona. She’s both Catalan and Spanish, and...
The root of compassion lies in realizing the interconnected nature of all beings on Earth. Cognitively-based Compassion Training (CBCT), a...
A compassion-based meditation program can significantly improve a person’s ability to read the facial expressions of others, finds a study...
We need guidance from wise teachings to calm our deeply troubled minds. Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh provides this (2005; 2002b): Calming down, becoming serene is the first step of...
What would our lives be like if we wore a crown of petals instead of a crown of thorns? What...
In today’s world, we’re living though times of treating others as objects and not as people with needs and feelings....
The following has been excerpted from The Power of Kindness: 10th Anniversary Edition, in which psychotherapist Piero Ferrucci outlines a...
When someone you love has a chronic condition, your heart breaks with wanting to help them. However, when their doctors...
The tourist—let’s call him “Guy”—was irate because he wasn’t being understood. The Bangkok Underground guard was irate because he couldn’t...
My conversations with friends and relatives across the economic and ideological spectrum keep coming back to what we fear. I...
A couple of years ago, I attended an event in NYC by amma.org, a non-profit whose spiritual leader is known as...
The funeral-planning process can feel like a whirlwind—logistically, financially and above all, emotionally. While it can be tempting to bury...
The world is suffering from a severe lack of compassion. Though this isn’t a new phenomenon, it’s one I’ve noticed...
