Blog Archives (most recent first) Aug 2024 Resist Groupthink & Make Up Your Own Mind Aug 2024 Unapologetic Conversations on Religion & Spirituality Mar 2016 The Future of Religion Feb 2016 Fame & Enlightenment Jan 2016 Flying Free Jan 2016 I’m Back Nov 2015 Are you ready for Christmas? Oct 2015 Manage Stress from the Inside Oct 2015 What Do You Expect? Oct 2015 After Buddhism Apr 2015 The Advantages of Not Getting What You Want Apr 2015 Managing Anger & Disappointment Apr 2015 Life is Short Apr 2015 Buddhism, or dharma? Mar 2015 Why Believe? Feb 2015 The Seductions of Scholarship Feb 2015 Why Meditate? Feb 2015 Five Things About Relationships Jan 2015 The Nonsense of No-Self Jan 2015 How Meditation Improves Relationships Jan 2015 A Sense of Belonging Dec 2014 Buddha’s perverse theory Dec 2014 We Wish You a Merry Solstice Dec 2014 Meditation is No Escape Nov 2014 Buddhist Hubris Nov 2014 Bad Gurus Nov 2014 Experimental Dharma Sep 2014 How to Reset Your Brain Sep 2014 Overwhelmed Aug 2014 The Buddhist Mob Jul 2014 Unbecoming Jul 2014 Down in the Flood Jun 2014 The Denial Reflex May 2014 How Not To Be An Old Fart May 2014 Coming to Terms with Aging Apr 2014 It Begins with Silence Apr 2014 Falling for Buddhism Mar 2014 Expose Your Heart Mar 2014 Love & Death Mar 2014 Mindful, or Mind Empty? Feb 2014 Be a Man Feb 2014 Bare to the Bone Jan 2014 No Reality, Just Perception Jan 2014 Reflections on Silver River Jan 2014 You Don’t Have to Believe in God to Get Mad at Him Dec 2013 The Importance of Being Mindless Nov 2013 The Stress of Family Holidays Oct 2013 Terms of Enlightenment Oct 2013 Using & Abusing Karma Sep 2013 Unfounded Sep 2013 Fixing Up Life Sep 2013 The Precarious Cost of Integrity Aug 2013 Sincere Dishonesty Aug 2013 Bound by the Promise of Freedom Aug 2013 Marketing Superstitions & Invisible Demons Jul 2013 Mindful Parenting Jul 2013 Why Mindfulness isn’t a Good Thing (…or New) Jul 2013 The Joys of Existential Angst Jun 2013 Self-torture: the Ultimate Defense Mechanism Jun 2013 The Inconvenience of Doubt Jun 2013 When Rights are Wrong May 2013 Is Buddhism an Escape? May 2013 The Urge to Quit May 2013 Shadow of Hope May 2013 Never Mind May 2013 The Evolution of Mindfulness Apr 2013 How to Be Apr 2013 Empathizing Anger Apr 2013 Letting Go of Mindfulness Apr 2013 The Intimacy of Loss Mar 2013 When Loyalty Betrays Mar 2013 The Complications of Simplicity Mar 2013 Be a Spiritual Outlaw Mar 2013 Why Celibacy is Perverse Mar 2013 When Empathy is Dumb Feb 2013 Buddha: the Self-help Guru Feb 2013 Guilting the Sick Jan 2013 The Key to Letting Go Jan 2013 Sick Love Jan 2013 When Righteousness Is Wrong Jan 2013 The Fragile He-Man Dec 2012 To Hell With Forbearance Nov 2012 The Blindness of Insight Nov 2012 Dishonest Love and the Horrors of Compassion Oct 2012 The Subconscious Oct 2012 The Power of Doubt Oct 2012 What if everything doesn’t happen for a reason? Oct 2012 The Lure of Enlightenment Sep 2012 When Buddhism is a Cult Sep 2012 Thinking About Stopping Thinking? Sep 2012 The Godless Joys of Iconoclasm Sep 2012 The Trouble with Mindfulness Aug 2012 The Myth of Positive Thinking Aug 2012 What Makes You Happy? Aug 2012 Explanation is Futile Jul 2012 Insight Jul 2012 Protecting Your Spouse … or Controlling? Jun 2012 Heal Yourself, Heal Your Family Jun 2012 Buddha: Man or Myth? Jun 2012 Guilt: Why You Don’t Have to Live with It Jun 2012 Family of Longing, Family of Belonging May 2012 When You’re Smiling Apr 2012 The Aggression Instinct Apr 2012 Good Faith, Bad Faith Apr 2012 Taking my Place Apr 2012 Turning the Other Cheek Mar 2012 Family Relationships: So Close and Yet So Far Mar 2012 So You Think Buddhists Meditate? Feb 2012 The Mystery of Life Coaching, Practically Revealed Feb 2012 Love: Your Path Through Life Jan 2012 Letting Go and the Art of Self-fulfilment Jan 2012 What Can You Believe? Jan 2012 Resolve for 2012: Be Your True Self Dec 2011 How Buddhists Celebrate Christmas: Prayer for a Turkey Dec 2011 The Spirit of Christmas Past Dec 2011 Mindful Reflection: How to Turn Shopping into a Spiritual Practice Nov 2011 Facing Our Fears Nov 2011 Gautama Buddha: Man or God? Nov 2011 Crossing the Line Nov 2011 The Web of Life Oct 2011 Mindfulness is not just smelling the roses Oct 2011 Suspending Belief: How the Buddha taught me to let go of Buddhism Oct 2011 Reflecting Reality Sep 2011 Positive Thinking: A Spiritual Path or Escapism? Sep 2011 Motivation Sep 2011 Preparation Sep 2011 Post-9/11: Fight the Terror with Compassion Sep 2011 Ode to a Power Outage Aug 2011 While Rome Burns Jul 2011 The Root of Stress Jul 2011 Life With No Foundation Jun 2011 Living Up to the Hype May 2011 The Open Mind: Not for Everyone May 2011 The Terrible News that Isn’t May 2011 A New Way for Parents & Children Apr 2011 The Divine Apr 2011 What’s Your Story? Apr 2011 My Lunch with Georges Apr 2011 The Politics of Cynicism Mar 2011 Settling Mar 2011 Dread of Silence Mar 2011 Doom & Gloom Mar 2011 Normal Feb 2011 A Personal Life Coach Interviewed Feb 2011 Business Ethics — an oxymoron? Feb 2011 Doubt & Certainty Jan 2011 Feeling Better … Jan 2011 The Meaning of Mindfulness (overview) Jan 2011 The Gift of Looking Inwards Dec 2010 Thanks Dec 2010 Veinoplasty Day Dec 2010 A Tale of Two Stents Dec 2010 Decisions, decisions Nov 2010 It’s all Connected Oct 2010 The Office Oct 2010 The Good Life Oct 2010 Spirituality Sep 2010 The Secret Sep 2010 The Inhuman Condition Aug 2010 Wisdom & knowledge Jul 2010 The Customer’s Always Right Jul 2010 Helping Out Jul 2010 Interviewed by a Christian Jul 2010 Philo of Alexandria Jun 2010 Tending to Believe Jun 2010 Hard Times Jun 2010 Do I Belong? May 2010 Dunking in a Perfect Universe May 2010 Sex & Celibacy May 2010 Just Desserts May 2010 Measuring Mindfulness May 2010 Buddhist Extremists Drive Christians from Village in Bangladesh Apr 2010 MS Ferment Apr 2010 Basic Teachings of the Buddha Apr 2010 All Gone to Look for America Apr 2010 Meaning of Life Apr 2010 Book Tour Mar 2010 Hatred Mar 2010 Persistence Mar 2010 Fresh Minds Mar 2010 Stirring it up Mar 2010 Disappointment — or Insight? Mar 2010 How Easy is Normal? Mar 2010 Spiritual Life Mar 2010 Musings of a Jailhouse Meditator Mar 2010 Love & Respect Mar 2010 Life Mar 2010 Mindfulness Feb 2010 Hope Feb 2010 I, Fraud? Feb 2010 Persist: a Book Review Feb 2010 Olympic Qualities Feb 2010 Good Hearts Feb 2010 An Unhappy New Year in Tibet Feb 2010 Buddhist Church Ladies Feb 2010 The Politics of Hope Feb 2010 Old Wallahs Feb 2010 Here and Now Feb 2010 Second Hand Sickness Feb 2010 Daily Zen Jan 2010 Theory & Practice Jan 2010 Meditation under the Microscope Jan 2010 Kindness Jan 2010 Sanity Jan 2010 An Unsettling Dream Jan 2010 David & Goliath Jan 2010 Samsara Jan 2010 Rush, rush, rush Jan 2010 Bruised Ego Jan 2010 Insecurity Jan 2010 Fitting In
