By Kristy Wallace
Focusing on the science of happiness, Nataly Kogan talks about how she came up with the idea for her company, Happier, and why it’s important to practice gratitude and self compassion.
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CLEAR ALL
Our culture has taught us that we do not have the privilege of being vulnerable like other communities.
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In 1989, at one of the first international Buddhist teacher meetings, Western teachers brought up the enormous problem of unworthiness and self-criticism, shame and self-hatred that frequently they arise in Western students’ practice.
At a weekend workshop I led, one of the participants, Marian, shared her story about the shame and guilt that had tortured her.