“When we sit down with other people for a potentially difficult conversation, details of setting, ambience, invitation approach, preparatory emails, and conversational guidelines can go a long way to helping “steady” individuals just enough to sit with the discomfort of contradictory ideas in the space...
“Don’t waste your suffering. When we’re suffering, there’s something to learn.” – Joseph Goldstein Joseph Goldstein highlights the idea that moments of suffering can be powerful opportunities for growth, self-awareness and insight. Instead of resisting or avoiding pain, he encourages us to approach it with...
Just finished reading “ The Five Invitations ” by Frank Ostaseski, “Discovering What Death Can Teach Us About Living Fully” and I highly recommend it. A premise is that impermanence is one of the known patterns we will experience in life, daily. Why wait to...
It is not an easy premise, staying with the now, particularly if it’s unpleasant. What does "The realism of now" mean? I wonder if it’s a phrase that points to acknowledging and engaging with the present moment as it truly is, without illusions, idealizations or...