“Being thankful is not always experienced as a natural state of existence, we must work at it, akin to a type of strength training for the heart.” - Larissa Gomez

In this episode, I discuss the practice of gratitude when our life is filled with challenges and even intolerable situations. As always, we will sit and meditate for ten minutes before getting into the topic. Enjoy the show!

“But I suppose the most revolutionary act one can engage in is... to tell the truth.” ― Howard Zinn

In this episode, I talk about the powerful practice of truth telling and why it's essential to our well-being. As always, we will sit and meditate for ten minutes before getting into the topic. Enjoy the show!

“There can be no love without justice…abuse and neglect negate love. Care and affirmation, the opposite of abuse and humiliation, are the foundation of love. It is a testimony to the failure of loving practice that abuse is happening in the first place.” - bell hooks

In this episode, I'm engaging with love as a spiritual practice rather than strictly a feeling. As always, we will sit and meditate for ten minutes before getting into the topic. Enjoy the show!

“Meditation is choosing not to engage in the drama of the mind but elevating the mind to its highest potential.” – Amit Ray

In this episode, I talk about how it may often be our attachment to certain thoughts, not the actual situation, that leads to our unease or suffering. As always, we will sit and meditate for ten minutes before getting into the topic. Enjoy the show!

"Mindfulness is a deceptively simple way of relating to all experience that can reduce suffering and set the stage for positive personal transformation." - Ronald Siegel

In this episode, I'm talking about compassion again! I also share a short story that demonstrates how compassion can change a life and a situation. As always, we will sit and meditate for ten minutes before getting into the topic. Enjoy the show!

“We must learn to regard people less in the light of what they do or omit to do, and more in the light of what they suffer.” – Dietrich Bonhoeffer

In this episode, I discuss the impact compassion had on a participant in a recent meditation circle and propose a way to experience more of it in our daily lives. As always, we will sit and meditate for ten minutes before getting into the topic. Enjoy the show!

"We have to be militants for kindness, subversive for sweetness and radicals for tenderness." - Dr. Cornel West

In this episode, I look back on my experience at the Cornel West talk that happened over the weekend. As always, we will sit and meditate for ten minutes before getting into the topic. Enjoy the show!

"Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it." - Rumi

In this episode, I reflect on the basics of this meditation practice that we have been settling into. As always, we will sit and meditate for ten minutes before getting into the topic. Enjoy the show!

The human touch is that little snippet of physical affection that brings a bit of comfort, support, and kindness. It doesn't take much from the one who gives it, but can make a huge difference in the one who receives it. ― Mya Robarts

In this episode, I discuss the need to feel supported and how many of us may struggle with receiving the support that we desire. As always, we will sit and meditate for ten minutes before getting into the topic. Enjoy the show!

“Do not let the roles you play in life make you forget who you are.” 
― Roy T. Bennett

In this episode, I look at the power of the Kasàlà, an African style of poetry that's rooted in remembering who and where we are. As always, we will sit and meditate for ten minutes before getting into the topic. Enjoy the show!