When faced with a large decision, we tend to lack rituals and procedures. Many times we mindlessly make them…

Offer words of compassion to someone who frequently complains instead of avoiding them or judging them for being negative…

These complicated role celebrations may trigger those affected and leave them stressed about how to handle these dates.

Silence is a particularly interesting form of deception.

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Sometimes we keep silence when we should speak…

What are the things that were most striking to you about you?

Are there things you would like to develop or change?

How would you like…

I caught the tail end of a show with a segment that was a little unnerving to me because it didn't give the full description of the human experience…

Hope and fear come from a feeling that we lack in something.

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These feelings come from a sense of poverty. We can't simply relax within ourselves…

Many people hold grudges that can last a life time. Every day I see people around me who are stuck. People reluctant or struggling.…

Women's relationships can be extremely enriching or equaling belittling. Let's take a quick look at the weapons women use against each other.…

Past karma is not necessarily a weight that holds us back. It is also the ground where seeds of realization were planted a long time ago…

The drawbacks of lying to ourselves are simply that we miss key opportunities for growth and learning. The things we are in denial…

A major obstacle to self awareness, and in turn to a flourishing life, is the tendency of one part of the mind to lie to the other. We lie to ourselves…

Our personalities can be usefully divided up into a range of different identities, each shedding light on a specific side of who we are: a political identity, a sartorial identity, a financial identity and so on…

It's a strange but central phenomenon that we sometimes talk silently to ourselves in voices that are internalized versions of voices we once heard around us…

The way we see the world is profoundly influenced by our past experiences. We bring these experiences to bear on the present moment almost without noticing…

One of the most striking features of our minds is how little we understand them. Although we inhabit ourselves, we seldom manage to make sense of more than a fraction of who we are…