Proactive 12 Steps

Proactive mindfulness involves being aware of what prevents us from being present and engaged in what we do.

Eric Wolterstorff discusses the complexities of transference and counter-transference in therapy, particularly in the context of trauma.

Julie Nelson is a Zen teacher who has also thought and written about economics, gender, ethics, and ecology. We talk about abuse of authority in a spiritual community.

We know that being more engaged in our lives is good, but we often struggle to do so. We explore this process from a proactive mindfulness perspective.

Steve Hayes is a developer of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). Here, we talk about going beyond the specifics of any given therapy

Brenda Shoshanna and I are having a conversation informed by Zen, being present with our experience, as we discuss authority.

The Feldenkrais method teaches people to be aware of how they move so that they can change ineffective habits. Here, we're using these tools to put the method into practice, live.

Ven. Losang Gendun tells the story of a Buddhist monk who had been put in jail and tortured. The point of the story was how he responded to the situation.

Jeff Warren has an iconoclastic approach to meditation and what it's like to be human. Here, we discuss coming into the present, practicing what we preach.