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Check out this fantastic typographical video of poet Taylor Mali’s piece, “Totally Like, Whatever, You Know?” If you find yourself speaking with lots of likes and lack of clarity (like I do), this is a beautiful reminder to not hide what you believe behind unecessary upspeak and extraneous words that deplete your power. Typography from…

There’s something about the end of summer that makes me think wistfully about sunshine.  True, autumn sunshine is gorgeous–and maybe my favorite kind–but after that comes (sorry) winter and its dearth of Vitamin D.  So in celebration of the summer sun as we wind down the season, here are some quotes about sunshine: “Three things…

There are not many pleasures simpler than simple cloud-gazing. And thankfully, there are a few more divine weeks left of weather warm enough to stretch out, look up, and let your imagination create giants and crocodiles and angels galore. To do a little virtual gazing, check out a gallery on Beliefnet of photos my members of…

“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God.…

Fires in the Los Angeles area have “killed two firefighters, destroyed at least 21 homes and forced thousands of evacuations,” according to an Associated Press article. Really sad and scary. That same article quoted a resident who came home to find only the charred remains of his house: “‘It’s the worst roller coaster of my life,…

With today being the actor/activist/Buddhist’s birthday, thought I’d trot out an interview I did with him for Beliefnet last year. I’m not usually starstruck (ok, maybe I just wish I wasn’t), but when his voice came over the phone my first thought was “Oh my God! I’m talking to Richard Gere! Squee!” But luckily I stuck to…

As you read this, I am literally on vacation, but if you’re going about your usual daily routine in a non-vay-cay-way, I wonder if you might like to try putting on “vacation mind” this morning to see if it can bring some relaxation into your day. After all, I think it was Milton Berle who…

So I just signed up for a full-on weekend of chanting and kirtan at Omega Institute’s “Ecstatic Chant” festival over Labor Day. Yay!  To some the idea of chanting variations on “hare krishna” and other Hindu chants for three days straight may sound about as fun as a town hall meeting on health care. But for me and…

We just posted a gallery by Ariane De Bonvoisin called “How to Really Say ‘Sorry.’” I comissioned the piece because it’s something so many of us struggle with. Sometimes it’s hard to apologize because we don’t feel like we’ve done anything wrong. Other times it’s hard because we have to actually face feelings of shame…

I just found this lovely, simple morning meditation on the site Openmindbody.com. An excerpt (ok, well, most of it): …In a seated pose, focus on your breath. Cultivate a steady, relaxed breath. Then ask yourself: What is my intention today? After posing the question, rest your attention on the out-breath. This creates a spaciousness of…
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