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February 2016

February 21, 2016

QUIZ: Can You Control Your Inner Critic?

Do you have a sense of a strong part of yourself that soothes, calms, encourages,...

February 20, 2016

Be Amazed

Are you paying attention? The Practice: Be amazed. Why? Last night, stressing about undone tasks,...

February 14, 2016

Marci Shimoff Interview on Gratitude

“We give our life energy by these practices, so they become more of our natural...

February 14, 2016

Marci Shimoff Interview on Gratitude

“We give our life energy by these practices, so they become more of our natural...

February 13, 2016

Kindness to You is Kindness to Me; Kindness to Me is Kindness to You

What do you need? The Practice: Kindness to you is kindness to me; kindness to...

February 07, 2016

QUIZ: How Filled with Compassion are You?

In essence, compassion is the wish that beings not suffer, and kindness is the wish...

February 07, 2016

QUIZ: How Filled with Compassion are You?

In essence, compassion is the wish that beings not suffer, and kindness is the wish...

February 06, 2016

Grow a Key Inner Strength

What do you need? The Practice: Grow a key inner strength. Why? We all have...

February 03, 2016

When You Just Can’t Make a Good Thing Happen

Here is a talk from the San Rafael Meditation group with Rick Hanson. It is...

February 03, 2016

When You Just Can’t Make a Good Thing Happen

Here is a talk from the San Rafael Meditation group with Rick Hanson. It is...

January 2016

January 31, 2016

Aspiration: An Interview with Dan Siegel

“Life is always unfolding, you’re always in an emerging process… only junk can really make...

January 24, 2016

QUIZ: Do You Know When to Stop?

Whether driving a car or going through life altogether, we need to be able to...

January 24, 2016

QUIZ: Do You Know When to Stop?

Whether driving a car or going through life altogether, we need to be able to...

January 20, 2016

Compassion and Equanimity

Here is a talk from the San Rafael Meditation group with Rick Hanson. It is...

January 20, 2016

Compassion and Equanimity

Here is a talk from the San Rafael Meditation group with Rick Hanson. It is...

January 17, 2016

The Caring Quilt Creative Activity

Check out this great creative activity that will deepen and internalize your sense of being...

January 10, 2016

QUIZ: Are You a Self-Starter?

One of the secrets to a happy and productive life is to know how to...

January 10, 2016

QUIZ: Are You a Self-Starter?

One of the secrets to a happy and productive life is to know how to...

January 06, 2016

Practicing with Negative Reactions to Others

Here is a talk from the San Rafael Meditation group with Rick Hanson. It is...

January 03, 2016

Bob Emmons Interview on Gratitude

I had the pleasure of interviewing Gratitude expert Bob Emmons for my Foundations of Well-Being...

January 03, 2016

Bob Emmons Interview on Gratitude

I had the pleasure of interviewing Gratitude expert Bob Emmons for my Foundations of Well-Being...

January 01, 2016

Rick’s Picks: Wealth Inequality in America

Rick’s Picks is a series of posts highlighting the very best content online. Infographics on...

December 2015

December 27, 2015

QUIZ: Do You Have Grit?

Can you be as the occasion demands? How determined, patient, persistent, and (as needed) feral...

December 27, 2015

QUIZ: Do You Have Grit?

Can you be as the occasion demands? How determined, patient, persistent, and (as needed) feral...

December 25, 2015

Rick’s Picks: I Took The Dalai Lama To A Ski Resort And He Told Me The Meaning Of Life

Rick’s Picks is a series of posts highlighting the very best content online. Douglas Preston...

December 23, 2015

Not So Hard on Yourself

Here is a talk from the San Rafael Meditation group with Rick Hanson. It is...

December 23, 2015

Not So Hard on Yourself

Here is a talk from the San Rafael Meditation group with Rick Hanson. It is...

December 20, 2015

Jack Kornfield Interview on Mindfulness

“We all have needs, we all have loneliness, we all have a certain measure of...

December 18, 2015

Rick’s Picks: Inside an Orbital Laboratory

Rick’s Picks is a series of posts highlighting the very best content online. In her...

December 13, 2015

QUIZ: Do You Know Your Purpose?

We’re pulled in lots of different directions these days – so knowing your clear priorities...