In the journey of self-repair, we often uncover messages from our past—those repeated so often by society and family alike that they seemed true. Yet many of these words placed unnecessary burdens on us, limiting who we are meant to be. “Boys don’t cry,” “Pull yourself up by your bootstraps,” “Know your place”—phrases like these, […]
Most of us want our lives to have mattered. We want to have been contributors, however small, to the world around us. Meaning adds a crucial element to our existence. It goes beyond the material, beyond comfort, beyond happiness, to a deeper level of being. It reaches past our personal needs and gives something to […]
The most difficult part of spiritual growth for many of us is living in the moment. So many of us build up protective armor against naked experience. We reach for preemptive labels and judgments to avoid feeling anxiety or hurt. But true mindfulness requires shedding that armor and accepting life in all its richness and […]
