So often and so easily we make “our message” and “our gift” about us. But it’s not about us. It’s not about our fear of success or our fear of someone stealing our idea, or being more successful than us. It’s not about how much money we make, if we look “stupid” or if there is “enough.” If I come...
Grief is relentless, a beast of an emotion. We ask ourselves: “When will I stop feeling the pain?” Grief is probably the emotion we fear the most because we are afraid of the absolute darkness that comes with it. Grief can be sneaky and come out of nowhere. It can sideline you and make you unrecognizable to yourself. There are...
Pema Chodron talks about compassion and says: “When we practice generating compassion, we can expect to experience our fear of pain. COMPASSION PRACTICE IS DARING. It involves learning to relax and allow ourselves to move gently toward what scares us. In cultivating compassion, we draw from the wholeness of our experience, our suffering, our empathy, as well as our cruelty...