I usually don't like talking about current events in regard to meditation, but Giovanni Dienstmann has a great article that talks about how to deal with the anxiety of any illness. Let's talk about it.

You would think that I would be the last person to bemoan the popularity of meditation.  But, believe it or not, there are some drawbacks to the explosion of mediation in the Western world.  Let's talk about it.

Societal messages can negatively impact our understanding of who we are and what our importance is.  Thankfully, meditation shows us the reality of our power and importance.  Let's talk about it.

Yesterday Pema Chodron gave us great insight into how meditation can help us see loneliness for what it is, simply a feeling, not one we need to run from.  Today I take a more clinical approach to meditation and loneliness as I read an article about the ways that meditation alleviates the feelings of isolation by changing the brain.  Let's talk about it.

Pema Chodron is a buddhist teacher and meditator who radiates love, grace and wisdom.  Today I will read an article of hers that allows us to see loneliness as something to invite, rather than shun.

Pema Chodron has been featured on Zen Commuter a few times now, with good reason. She is kind, accomplished and an inspiring leader in Loving Kindness. Today, you will hear firsthand why she is thought of in such high regard, by me, and many meditation teachers.

For the next three days I want to focus on one woman who engenders Buddhism, meditation and peace.  Today I bring to you an article by Pema Chodron that discusses Tonglen Meditation.

Meditation offers us the chance to put the negative reflections of the world on hold, to quite possibly see them as the misperceptions they are. With that done, you are free to experience the beauty of the world, the whole world. What do you do then? Give back, of course. Let’s talk about it.

If you are like me and thought that this article was going to be about mindfulness, then you too were mistaken. It actually goes farther than that to talk about the Buddhist principle of Karma and how it’s views on action and the present moment are contested.

Buddhism teaches us about compassion, but it also comes with an agreement to not kill. What happens when a family pet is suffering.  Today's episode talks about that very thing.