Spirituality
To live in grace and gratitude is to see the world with different eyes. It has been my desire to write a story on gratitude since the time I downloaded the Gratitude App, so first of all, I am thankful for this opportunity. My journey on this path of expansion and...
A decade and a half of substance abuse has taught me the value of resilience. At my lowest point, I discovered a spark of hope and chose to turn it into a flame. With four children counting on me, I made the empowering decision to confront my addiction head-on,...
‘Many monks who practise in meditation halls often just settle down in such places. Thus out of ten practitioners eight or nine are unable to pierce through the barrier of the patriarchs.’ Kusan Sunim
‘We see the insights we encounter not as ends in themselves but as part of a greater awakening — a path that leads to the unfolding of compassion, wisdom, and liberation.’ Everyday Buddhism
In 2025, mindfulness teacher Andrew Safer tracked the effects of attention training for workshop participants with ADHD. What he learned has implications for all of us. The post Attention! How Mindfulness Training Is Helping People Reclaim Their Ability to Focus...
Most of us have experienced some form of trauma. If trauma is understood as something that happened to us without our consent, then nearly everyone has encountered it. Studies show that over 70 percent of people in the United States have experienced at least one major...
Mirror, mirror on the wall, who’s the most beautiful of them all? The evil queen in Snow White craved constant reassurance of her perfection and could not bear it when the mirror named someone even more lovely. Though this fairy tale was recorded by the Brothers Grimm...
There are days when I feel like I’m drowning in it all—the endless scroll of news, the pressure to stay connected, the constant stimulation that comes with wanting to show up for those needing care. As someone who lives at the intersection of being Black, queer, and...
My Buddhism and my career have always been intertwined. I became a Buddhist sitting in front of a bank of police radios in the newsroom of the old Montreal Star, where I was a junior police reporter. I opened a book on Buddhism I had happened to buy and felt an...
When the doctor sent my mother home to die, I went with her even though I didn’t know what I was supposed to do. In those days, hospice offered little support beyond a weekly nurse visit. I moved in, kept my mother clean, took care of her cat, made smoothies for her...