In times of tight budgets, state governments usually cut spending. Whether the tight budget was self-inflicted or not. One common “cost savings” approach is to fire state workers and eliminate positions; another is privatization of such things as prisons and school busing. The reasons given for privatizing are usually intended to seem reasonable. Privatizing is…
“An exquisite peace obtains: a drowsy, golden peace, flowing honey-sweet over my dwelling, soaking it, dripping like music from the walls… A peace for gods; a divine emptiness.” There is a form of being together that feels as easy and spacious as being alone, when your experience is not crowded out or eclipsed by the…
Were you ever told as a child that you were too much, or that you were not enough? This is a common—and painful—experience for many of us. Heal the hurt and break the pattern.
Last year the Zen philosopher Seth Zuihō Segall invited me to speak to a course on seven universal virtues, on the topic of self-discipline or temperance. I want to return here to the point that I think was most important in that talk: there’s an apparent contradiction between the virtues of self-discipline and mindfulness (at…
In a rut? “Snacks” could help. Forego the potato chips for snacks that feed the mind, body, and soul instead.
I’ll show you why Hollywood’s teen movies get adolescence so wrong—and introduce five films that actually get it right, psychology and all.
About half of patients who try to discontinue antidepressant treatment experience distressing withdrawal reactions. Specific strategies are presented that enable discontinuation.
You might have heard about psychological safety. What does it really mean, and why should we care about it?
“Life is wasted when we make it more terrifying, precisely because it is so easy to do so.” In a world pocked by cynicism and pummeled by devastating news, to find joy for oneself and spark it in others, to find hope for oneself and spark it in others, is nothing less than a countercultural…
In the United States, the number of homeless shelters increased in the 1980s due to a variety of factors (mostly Reagan). One factor was a recession which resulted in more people being unable to afford housing. A second factor was a shift away from single room housing. Though limited in size, this was cheaper than…
