“Sometimes the person you love the most is the one who teaches you the hardest lesson about yourself.” ~Unknown I once thought that being in a relationship meant sacrificing parts of myself for the sake of “love.” I stayed when I should have left. I forgave when I...

‘Sometimes anger may give some kind of immediate support, some kind of strength and power, but in the long run it doesn’t. There’s always some fear behind it.’ Geshe Tashi Tsering

When my Tibetan grandmother died on a winter night in Darjeeling, India, the lamas came to the house and began reading aloud from The Tibetan Book of the Deadto guide her through the bardo, the liminal state between her death and her rebirth. Seated in the altar room...

“Only say good words to your child. Even if it looks like they’re not listening, if you repeat those kind words a hundred or a thousand times, they will eventually become the child’s own thoughts.” ~My grandmother When I think about my childhood, the first word that...

‘I said, ‘‘When you are thinking of neither good nor evil, what is at that particular moment, Venerable Sir, your real nature (literally, original face)?’’’ Hui Neng

‘There is no Bodhi-tree, Nor stand of a mirror bright. Since all is void, Where can the dust alight? Hui Neng [Enjoy the simple insight of this verse.]’ Hui Neng

‘Awareness, not two. The inner and the outer no longer feel divided. The sense of ‘me’ observing the world softens, or falls away. Thought still moves, but is not taken as real. Experience flows without clinging, without story, without ‘‘two’’.’ Everyday...

When you are on your journey of reconnecting with your inner child with warmth, compassion, trust and comfort, affirmations could help ease your process. Affirmations can act as the bridge between the present you and the younger version of you. The tone and language...