Motivation

As someone who appreciates handmade Buddhist gifts, and enjoys giving and receiving them around the holidays, I couldn’t be more excited to introduce you to Shakya Handicraft. They’re a group…

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“I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious.” ~Albert Einstein When speaking to a parent recently, she said, “I have made it a rule that my kids read…

“Standing up for yourself doesn’t make you argumentative. Sharing your feelings doesn’t make you overly sensitive. And saying no doesn’t make you uncaring or selfish. If someone won’t respect your…

We are often told that thinking positively can have a life-changing effect on us and be a catalyst for lasting happiness. While thinking positively is a great start, it is…

Stress is an inevitable part of life, and with entrepreneurs, this stress reaches sky-high because of responsibilities, and long work weeks adding pressure to the personal life as well.  While…

“The fruit of meditation is not the absence of thoughts, but the fact that thoughts cease to harm us.” Bokar Rinpoche My inspiration to start meditating came from one of…

Our romanticized idea of love made us believe that love is a feeling. That high we experience when we feel we can't be without the other. When we can't stop…

“Forgiving someone doesn’t mean that their behavior was ‘OK.’ What it does mean is that we’re ready to move on. To release the heavy weight. To shape our own life,…

Another surreal holiday in the books, for those of us in the US that is. I hope you all had a love-filled day yesterday, even if that love was sent…