‘Hey, buddy,’ yourself: A brief guide to self-compassion
This is a friendly reminder – to you and myself – of some things that are perfectly understandable, all the time and especially in this tense moment in history: … Read More
The Often Overlooked Critical Component to Survival
September 21, 2020
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Sarah B
It was 2004 or so when I first heard of the Slow Foods Movement. Started in Italy, Slow Foods was a reaction to, you guessed it, fast food. The … Read More
Joy and Sorrow as Humanity’s Warp and Weft
September 14, 2020
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Sarah B
It astonishes me sometimes – no, often – how ever person I get to know – everyone, regardless of everything, by which I mean everything – lives with some profound … Read More
Seven Years and I’m More a Fool than Ever
August 10, 2020
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Sarah B
…only the fool thinks he is wise; the wise man knows himself to be a fool. Perhaps to be educated is to be a fool. The wise man knows … Read More
My Formula for Joy
August 3, 2020
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Sarah B
I share Shinzen Young’s equation for suffering – Pain x Resistance = Suffering – several times each week. That’s how powerful I find it: its presupposition of pain; its … Read More
Hubba-hubba, Gratitude – Lookin’ Good!
November 25, 2019
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Sarah B
I knew a woman who did all the gratitude practices – the journals and songs and dinnertime rituals with the kids and more – who seemed basically miserable to me. … Read More
Sore Muscles, Warm Hearts
October 22, 2018
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Sarah B
My go-to social media outlet these days is Instagram. Saturday evening, I was stretched out on the bed of the Days Inn room where Theresa and I spent our weekend, … Read More