Monthly Archives: June 2014

Switching Off the Stress Response

Stress is a killer. Both my wife and I were recently at the doctors for infections. These were not isolated events. My wife\’s doctor took her aside after the exam, diagnosis, and prescription and asked, \”What\’s going on? These look … Continue reading

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Hate is Addictive

At first, hate makes you feel big, strong, righteous. As most addictions do. And at first, you are a human being, with an addiction. But addiction is a path with a slippery slope and the easy way is down. If … Continue reading

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Mindfulness is Not Enough

I have enormous respect for Josh Korba\’s writing. He\’s the head teacher at Dharmapunx NYC + Brooklyn. His critique of secular mindfulness teaching in Mindfulness is Not Enough is right on. As usual, ripping a practice or other bit out … Continue reading

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Have Fun in Your Faith

If your faith is not robust enough for jokes, puns, and other forms of playing with it, it probably isn\’t robust enough to get you through hard times.

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