James Hollis on our Appointment with the Soul
Our gift to the world, according to Jungian analyst James Hollis, is “to return to the task of being who we are.” Such a super-effort can…
Finding the Way Home
“Home is where the heart lies,” goes the saying. And hopefully, when the heart feels uncared for, home is the healing place where “the peace which…
Giving Up our Druthers
Have you ever felt you wanted one thing and then did another, just from pig-headedness? Maybe you were tempted to do something you’ve never done before,…
A Second Brain…
Scientific alert! Wonderful news about science’s discovery of what many knew from experience, picked up and just republished on JDShares, my friends. We are indeed, as…
Whose energy am I using?
Have you ever had a difficult interaction where you found yourself overreacting, moving quickly from irritation to anger? Or instead of acknowledging your differences, you harshly judged…
“There is no wealth but life”
Are you muttering a sarcastic comment as you read this quote from 19th century art critic John Ruskin? It’s undoubtedly true that life could be a…
Crooked Things
It’s time to celebrate crooked things. We often seek perfection but will we ever get it all straight? I don’t think so. Maybe we once believed…
Smarter Faster Better?
When Pulitzer Prize–winning reporter Charles Duhigg talks about productivity, he’s not just talking about efficiency and profits and time management. To him, what it means to…
The Power of Positive Emotions
Rick Hanson weaves a close connection between new discoveries in neuroscience about the brain and the millennial exercises Buddhist monks engage in to clarify the mind…
Giving Up Wanting or Pulling Up Weeds and Planting Flowers
Neuroscientist Rick Hanson, author of Buddha’s Brain, offers us some practical suggestions on how to give up too much hankering after what we want. He says…
