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A Vision of What Could Be
By Jan Willis — 2020
An African American professor of Buddhism looks at race, class, and American dharma.
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- Racial Healing (35)
- Racial Discrimination (33)
- Whiteness (25)
- Identity (23)
- Well-Being (22)
- Self-Care (20)
- Trauma Healing (17)
- Emotional and Mental Health (15)
- Racial Identity (15)
- Community Healing (14)
- Social Justice (13)
- Tibetan Buddhism (13)
- Women’s Well-Being (13)
- Mindfulness (12)
- Cross-Cultural Dynamics (11)
- Happiness (11)
- Activism/Service (10)
- Meditation (10)
- Resilience (10)
- Social Responsibility (10)
- Awareness (9)
- Compassion (9)
- Fellowship and Community (9)
- Joy (8)
- Latinx Well-Being (8)
- Personal Development (8)
- Self-Discovery (8)
- Self-Worth (8)
- Unconscious Bias (8)
- Buddha Nature (7)
- Creative Well-Being (7)
- Dharma (7)
- Empowerment (7)
- Female Empowerment (7)
- Indigenous Well-Being (7)
- Parenting (7)
- Speaking Your Truth (7)
- AAPI Well-Being (6)
- Belonging (6)
- Gratitude (6)
- Identity Shifts (6)
- Inner Life (6)
- Inner Peace (6)
- Intergenerational Trauma (6)
- LGBTQIA Well-Being (6)
- Mental Health Challenges (6)
- Race and Gender (6)
- Young Adult Well-Being (6)
- Athlete Well-Being (5)
- Collective Trauma (5)
- Communication Skills (5)
- Connection with Nature (5)
- Economic Justice (5)
- Finding Meaning (5)
- Imagination and Creativity (5)
- Mindfulness Meditation (5)
- Mindfulness Practices (5)
- Offering Support to Others (5)
- Othering (5)
- Spiritual Growth (5)
- Spirituality and Politics (5)
- Yoga (5)
- Authenticity (4)
- Breathwork (4)
- Children’s Well-Being (4)
- Christianity (4)
- Entrepreneurship (4)
- Growth Mindset (4)
- Habits of Mind (4)
- Kindness (4)
- Physical Health (4)
- Psychology (4)
- Search for Purpose (4)
- Self-Acceptance (4)
- Self-Development (4)
- Self-Healing (4)
- Self-Limiting Beliefs (4)
- Self-Reflection Practices (4)
- Social Psychology (4)
- Spiritual Awakening (4)
- Spiritual Life (4)
- Spiritual Practices (4)
- Transgender Well-Being (4)
- Values (4)
- Child’s Emotional Growth (3)
- Climate Change (3)
- Diet and Nutrition (3)
- Disabled Well-Being (3)
- Discrimination (3)
- Grief (3)
- Immigration and Assimilation (3)
- Inspiration (3)
- Interdependence (3)
- Karma (3)
- Positive Thinking (3)
- Poverty/Economic Inequality (3)
- Self-Actualization (3)
- Self-Esteem (3)
- Self-Expression (3)
- Sleep (3)
- Spiritual Direction (3)
- Stress Management (3)
- Transitions (3)
- Trauma (3)
- Work-Life Balance (3)
- Aging (2)
- Anger (2)
- Anxiety (2)
- Autism (2)
- Body Image (2)
- Child’s Trauma (2)
- Collaboration (2)
- Compassion Meditation (2)
- Connection (2)
- Courage (2)
- Decision Making (2)
- Ecospirituality (2)
- Ego (2)
- Environmental Justice (2)
- Exercise (2)
- Faith and Identity (2)
- Gender Discrimination (2)
- Generosity (2)
- Healthy Eating (2)
- Inner Strengths (2)
- Intention (2)
- Jewish Renewal (2)
- Journaling (2)
- Leadership (2)
- Letting Go (2)
- Love (2)
- Lovingkindness (2)
- Lovingkindness Meditation (2)
- Men’s Well-Being (2)
- Mind-Body Connection (2)
- Motherhood (2)
- Neurodiversity (2)
- Neuroscience (2)
- Nonbinary Well-Being (2)
- Optimism (2)
- Philosophical Approaches (2)
- Presence (2)
- Psychology and Spirituality (2)
- PTSD (2)
- Rebirth (2)
- Relationship with Money (2)
- Retirement (2)
- Ritual (2)
- Self-Love (2)
- Self-Realization (2)
- Setting Limits and Boundaries (2)
- Somatic Practices (2)
- Spiritual Development (2)
- Spirituality and Health (2)
- Suffering (2)
- Traumatic Grief (2)
- Vulnerability (2)
- Access to Education (1)
- Adaptability (1)
- ADD/ADHD (1)
- Adoption (1)
- Affirmations (1)
- Alcohol Addiction (1)
- Asatru (Norse) Paganism (1)
- Awe (1)
- Boundary Confusion (1)
- Building Culture (1)
- Caregiver Well-Being (1)
- Chanting (1)
- Child Depression (1)
- Child’s Anxiety (1)
- Competition (1)
- Conflict Resolution (1)
- Consciousness (1)
- Cross-Cultural Parenting (1)
- Curiosity (1)
- Death and Dying (1)
- Death or Loss of a Loved One (1)
- Death or Loss of a Parent (1)
- Depression (1)
- Drug Policy (1)
- Energy Healing (1)
- Facing Own Death (1)
- Family Dynamics (1)
- Fear (1)
- Financial Instability (1)
- Forest Bathing (1)
- Forgiveness (1)
- Freedom (1)
- Gender Identity (1)
- Gender Justice (1)
- Generational Healing (1)
- Global Challenges (1)
- Goal Setting (1)
- Grace (1)
- Grit (1)
- Hero’s Journey (1)
- Homophobia (1)
- Honoring Emotion (1)
- Hope (1)
- Humility (1)
- Illness and Injury (1)
- Indigenous Healing Approaches (1)
- Indigenous Rights (1)
- Insight (Vipassana) Meditation (1)
- Integrative Medicine (1)
- Islam (1)
- LGBTQIA Relationships (1)
- LGBTQIA Sexuality (1)
- Life Challenges (1)
- Living with Illness (1)
- Loneliness (1)
- Longevity (1)
- Loss of Partner/Spouse (1)
- Mantra Meditation (1)
- Military to Civilian Re-entry (1)
- Moral Philosophy (1)
- Motivation (1)
- Neopaganism (1)
- Neuroplasticity (1)
- Nonviolence (1)
- OCD (1)
- Patience (1)
- Perception (1)
- Performance Anxiety (1)
- Poetry (1)
- Positive Psychology (1)
- Positive Self-Talk (1)
- Productivity (1)
- Relationship with Time (1)
- Rest (1)
- Self-Mastery (1)
- Self-Pressure (1)
- Self-Reckoning (1)
- Sexuality (1)
- Shadow (1)
- Shame (1)
- Social Presence (1)
- Somatic Experiencing (1)
- Soul Mission (1)
- Spiritual Healing (1)
- Storytelling (1)
- Stress (1)
- Sustainability (1)
- Talk Therapy (1)
- Transformation (1)
- Trust (1)
- Veganism (1)
- Veteran Well-Being (1)
- Visualization (1)
- Wake-Up Calls (1)
- Weight Concerns (1)
- Witchcraft (1)
- Women’s Rights (1)
- Zen Buddhism (1)
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- Kamilah Majied (4)
- Thubten Chodron (4)
- Bhikku Anālayo (3)
- Ibram X. Kendi (3)
- James Baldwin (3)
- Jasmine Marie (3)
- john a. powell (3)
- Maya Breuer (3)
- Miles Neale (3)
- Allison Briscoe-Smith (2)
- angel Kyodo williams (2)
- Audre Lorde (2)
- Buddha (2)
- Howard Thurman (2)
- Jana Long (2)
- Larry Ward (2)
- Malcolm X (2)
- Oprah Winfrey (2)
- Pema Khandro (2)
- Rebecca Solnit (2)
- Rhonda Magee (2)
- Richard Davidson (2)
- Serena Williams (2)
- Serene Jones (2)
- Sharon Brous (2)
- Valarie Kaur (2)
- Amanda Gorman (1)
- Amy Morin (1)
- Arisika Razak (1)
- bell hooks (1)
- Carl Hart (1)
- Charlese Antoinette (1)
- Connie Zweig (1)
- Cornel West (1)
- Crystal Jones (1)
- Deepak Chopra (1)
- Elisa Shankle (1)
- Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel (1)
- Gaylon Ferguson (1)
- Jack Kornfield (1)
- Jacqui Lewis (1)
- Jared Diamond (1)
- Jenée Johnson (1)
- Jesus (1)
- Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo (1)
- Joan Chittister (1)
- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (1)
- Kishshana Palmer (1)
- La Sarmiento (1)
- Lama Rod Owens (1)
- Lama Surya Das (1)
- Light Watkins (1)
- Luisah Teish (1)
- Mark Epstein (1)
- Mark Manson (1)
- Martin Luther King Jr. (1)
- Michelle Obama (1)
- Misty Copeland (1)
- Muhammad Ali (1)
- Myokei Caine-Barrett (1)
- Nicole Cardoza (1)
- Rami Shapiro (1)
- Rick Hanson (1)
- Roxanne Dault (1)
- Ruth Denison (1)
- Ruth King (1)
- Saeed Jones (1)
- Sam Harris (1)
- Socrates (1)
- Stephanie Rose Bird (1)
- Stephanie Y. Evans (1)
- Sylvia Boorstein (1)
- Tara Brach (1)