An inspiring story from the terrible days of the Holocaust leads Diane Ackerman, best-selling author of The Natural History of the Senses, and the Zoo Keeper’s Wife, to contemplate the nature of compassion, courage, and empathy.
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So much talk of morality today is marked by aggression and self-righteousness, but Robert Coles speaks in a gentler and deeper moral voice. David Swick profiles this child psychiatrist, civil rights activist, and author who has spent his life considering the nature of morality and its central place in our lives.
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Author Karen Maezen Miller offers quick and practical guidelines for maintaining a mindfulness practice throughout your day.
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Anne Cushman's young son, Skye, keeps her on her toes with his many questions: How do we know the things we know? How do we justify our decisions?
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Many people look at the aging population as a problem, but author and history professor Theodore Roszak thinks it could result in a wiser and more caring society.
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1. Understanding Life’s Ups and Downs Life is full of economic, personal, and health fluctuations. Just as rocks are polished by a stream, every challenge refines our strength. Each obstacle you overcome builds resilience—yet it also highlights how helpless we can feel when others suffer. 2. Meditative Training…
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Jon Kabat-Zinn, a keynote speaker at the 2011 Creating a Mindful Society conference, teaches you how.
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When author Barbara Gates got breast cancer, she found healing by recognizing the strength in her animal community and learning to trust her body and the earth.
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Yoga practice and meditation work extremely well together, say Cyndi Lee and David Nichtern. They show us how.
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For times troubled with everything from Wall Street meltdowns to very inconvenient truths, Alice Walker, author of The Color Purple, gives us her recipe for finding equanimity.
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