Loving-Kindness & Compassion
Surrendered to Love
How Martin Luther King's vision of life based on a love ethic could heal our wounded world. Read More 
Loving-Kindness & Compassion
Loving-kindness and compassion practices train you to extend warmth and care - first to yourself, then to others. These meditations can shift how you relate to difficult emotions, tough relationships, and your own inner critic.
Loving-Kindness & Compassion
Sprouting Seeds of Compassion
Can one person really make a difference? Marc Ian Barasch plants a seed of good intention... Read More
Expert Interviews
God Is Big These Days: Karen Armstrong on Fundamentalism, Compassion, and the Future of Religion
Karen Armstrong, author of The Case for God, wants to reclaim religion. Michael Valpy talked to this author, speaker, and activist about the problems with fundamentalism and secular modernity. Read More
Expert Interviews
The Zookeeper’s Wife: Radical Compassion, Empathy, and Civilian Courage
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. Read More
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The Thisness of What Is
Diane Ackerman, best-selling author of Cultivating Delight, and The Zoo Keeper’s Wife, on the ancient tradition of meditation and mysticism that sustained two heroes of the Warsaw Ghetto. Read More
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Friends & Enemies
When a sharp word turns a friend into an enemy, it’s always difficult to go back to the way things were. Sylvia Boorstein tells her own story of estrangement and healing. Read More
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The Perfect Love We Seek, the Imperfect Love We Live
Love is what we long to receive and to give, yet our intimate relationships are conflicted and often painful. Psychologist John Welwood reveals the difference between absolute and relative love, and the wound within each of us that no other can heal. Read More
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The Great Mirror
To see clearly in a relationship we must notice where we connect and where we idealize. Buddhist teacher Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche gives us the tools for greater understanding and insight. Read More
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Grandmother Mind: Becoming “Abuelita” and the Compassion That Holds a Family (and the World)
Parents must attend to the nuts and bolts of their children’s care. But grandmothers, says Susan Moon, can pay attention to what's in the background—water, air, stories, and love. Read More
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Mindful Emailing: How a Simple Blessing Can Transform Your Inbox
E-mail is so fast it’s almost magical, says Sylvia Boorstein. Yet with a little mindfulness it could be more than that—it could be truly transformational. Read More
