When I was 14, I was going through quite a chaotic time in my life. I cared so much about making others happy and feel good, yet I constantly seemed to mess up and get hurt myself. At times I felt amazing in certain moments, and at others I felt like my whole world...

When Buddhism spread from Siddhartha Gautama’s birthplace in today’s Nepal to many parts of Asia, texts were often translated into local languages to make the teachings of the Buddha accessible to different peoples. Was Buddhist art and imagery also “translated” into...

For the last couple of years, I had been very unhappy. Once I got pregnant, my journey to motherhood was plagued with morning sickness and my birth story was traumatic to say the least. I slipped into post-partum depression after giving birth, and all I could think...

“The strongest people are the ones who are still kind after the world tore them apart.” ~Raven Emotion A few months ago, I stopped being friends with my best friend from childhood, whom I had always considered like my brother. It was a tough decision, but I had to...

I never knew how much practicing gratitude and being grateful for the most simple things in life mattered. Not until I didn't have them. I took a downward spiral about 25 years ago, when times in my life became really dark. I lost everything: my home and my way in...