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"When we come into the present, we begin to feel the life around us again, but we also encounter whatever we have been avoiding. We must have the courage to face whatever is present – our pain, our desires, our grief, our loss, our secret hopes our love – everything that moves us most deeply." Jack Kornfield A few days ago, a friend of mine came to stay with us. He’s a Lama I first met in Nepal, where he lives in the monastery of my teacher, Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche. That morn

"If you are not bothered by the waves, gradually they will become calmer and calmer." Shunryu Suzuki The capacity to be uncomfortable matters more than we think What do sauna, cold plunge, and deep tissue massages have in common? They all have potential health benefits. But also, in their own way, they are all training grounds for one essential capacity: the ability to be with discomfort. Over time, I’ve come to believe that this capacity is one of the greatest superpowers we

"If the ladder is not leaning against the right wall, every step we take just gets us to the wrong place faster." Stephen Covey Years...

" It's not about feeling better. It's about getting better at feeling. " Dr. Gabor Maté Most of us think we’re supposed to feel better....