Written by Noel Coakley

Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche once said, “Unbounded space is a great gift. Infinite awareness is a great gift. Natural spontaneous warmth is a great gift. These gifts are already...

Written by Rebecca D'Onofrio

As a meditation teacher, it never ceases to amaze me to see how many students that are new to meditation struggle with self-hatred. It’s rare that a new practitioner b...

Written by Jen Liu

Recently, a beloved ceramic magnet slipped right through my fingers as I tried moving it to a different spot on my fridge. As I heard it shatter against the floor with a sonorou...

Written by Rebecca D'Onofrio

According to the Buddhist tradition, both wisdom and compassion are needed in order to progress along the path. Mindfulness meditation is often the first practice that...

Written by Noel Coakley

When most of us think of love, we think of the human kind: messy, warm, particular, and full of history. We learn early on that love can be conditional, that it shows up so...

Written by Rebecca D'Onofrio

According to Buddhism, the best way to change the world is to change yourself. This reflects two core principles: the truth of impermanence, that everything is in a co...

Written by René Fay

I’m perimenopausal, and combined with being neurodivergent, it’s made organization and communication comically difficult. There are the classic “why did I come into this room?”...

Written by Jen Liu

I recently read a beautiful poem called "Time Piece" by the late writer and activist Andrea Gibson. I was struck by the lines: "Regret is a time machine to the past. Worry is a ...

Written by Rebecca D'Onofrio

Many of us are taught from a young age to seek achievement by intensely striving for whatever we think “success” is, fixated on the idea of hope, with everlasting happ...