By Joanna Moorhead — 2018
Opening up to past trauma is difficult, but self-awareness is key to addressing issues that leave us vulnerable.
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Tara Brach is an in-the-trenches teacher whose work counters today's ever-increasing onslaught of news, conflict, demands, and anxieties—stresses that leave us rushing around on auto-pilot and cut off from the presence and creativity that give our lives meaning.
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Many of us respond to the pressures of life by turning inward and ignoring problems, sometimes resulting in anxiety or depression. Others react by working harder at the office, at school, or at home, hoping that this will make ourselves and the people we love happier.
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Author/speaker Jeff Foster talks about some of the misconceptions about enlightenment. He talks about your inherent perfection, your total uniqueness and original flavor, and your true pre-conceptual identity as the ever-present light of consciousness itself.
What is it like to raise a child who’s different from you in some fundamental way (like a prodigy, or a differently abled kid, or a criminal)? In this quietly moving talk, writer Andrew Solomon shares what he learned from talking to dozens of parents—asking them: What’s the line between...
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“What is meditation? Pure fascination with this moment, exactly as it is”. Jeff Foster, a survivor of suicidal depression and now a popular spiritual teacher, invites us to discover the “life-saving” inner sanctuary of true meditation.
So much of our lives are spent running―from pain, from vulnerability, and from everyday struggle. Jeff Foster understands that sense of pursuit.
An Introduction to the Laws of Spiritual Divorce.
How to Love Yourself (and Sometimes Other People) is a smart, hip guide for spiritual seekers who want to experience more love and stability in all forms of relationships.
“Let us become silent that we may hear the whispers of the gods … There is guidance for each of us, and by lowly listening we shall hear the right word. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
As a clinical psychologist, Dr. Nicole LePera often found herself frustrated by the limitations of traditional psychotherapy.
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