Buddhism – Buddhist Therapist

Living With Trauma, a Mindful, Buddhist Perspective

I’ve been reflecting on trauma with my patients as of late. It’s occurred to me more and more that what

A stray observation from my meditation this morning: being alive is really weird. As I sat on my cushion and

I had a thought recently: the world wants you to hate yourself. What do I mean by this? I mean

Firstly, apologies for the lack of posts of late! Momentum is really strange, it snowballs one way or the other.

(My apologies in advance for writing about grief again. I wish my mind was elsewhere, but I suppose that’s what

My dad passed away about 17 days ago now. This is the first time I’ve tried to write about it

Most of us accept the reality given to us. That includes our thoughts and feelings. After all, if we think

“Sometimes I go about in pity for myself, and all the while, a great wind carries me across the sky.”-

I’m back in California, spending Thanksgiving week with my parents. Because of COVID, I haven’t seen much of them over

One hundred years ago, William Butler Yeats wrote the poem “The Second Coming.” Much was happening in the world when

I wrote something for Tricycle magazine! An excerpt to the beginning for you to peruse: During a lecture, a student asked Shunryu Suzuki, the

Just a quick post, I wrote something for Mental Hellth, a newsletter about mental health and capitalism. The full version

I’ve written ad nauseam about meditation, and you’re probably tired of hearing about it. But it is an endlessly important

In the cosmic, grand scheme of things, our lives don’t mean a whole lot. Or they are the most important

It’s been a while! I have no excuses really except that I was on vacation and tried to write a