Jon Kabat-Zinn: Coming to Our Senses
Renowned mindfulness meditation teacher and best-selling author Jon Kabat-Zinn speaks at UCSD Medical Center on the topic of “Coming to Our Senses”, which is also the name of his new book, subtitled “Healing Ourselves and the World Through Mindfulness”. A pioneer in the application of ancient Buddhist practices to healing in modern medical settings, Kabat-Zinn…Read more
Responsibility
Responsibility begins with the willingness to be the cause in the matter of one’s own life. Ultimately, it is a context from which one chooses to live. Responsibility is not burden, fault, praise, blame, credit, shame or guilt. In responsibility, there is no evaluation of good or bad, right or wrong. There is simple what’s…Read more
Love After Love
The time will come when, with elation you will greet yourself arriving at your own door, in your own mirror and each will smile at the other’s welcome, and say, sit here. Eat. You will love again the stranger who was your self. Give wine. Give bread. Give back your heart to itself, to the…Read more
The Rules for Being Human
When you were born, you didn’t come with an owner’s manual; these guidelines make life work better. 1. You will receive a body. You may like it or hate it, but it’s the only thing you are sure to keep for the rest of your life. 2. You will learn lessons. You are enrolled in…Read more
Hold Me Tight Conversations
September 22, 2011 Do adults bond with their partners in the same way that children develop attachments to their parents? Love Guru, Dr. Sue Johnson shows groundbreaking evidence to suggest that they do in her new book “Hold Me Tight: Seven Conversations for a Life Time of Love.” I just spent the last week with…Read more
