Comfort & Joy

Please join me for a comforting evening at East West Bookstore! I will be reading from my book, Comfort & Joy: Simple Ways to Care for Ourselves and Others and sharing the meditative comfort practices that I developed to heal and nurture myself through a difficult time. I will be sharing…

There is a connection between taking care of ourselves and others.  When we look after ourselves, we help ensure that we have the capacity and resources to help others. The caring is intertwined. And now that summer is winding down, vacations are over, and the pace of life is picking…

Love The comfort of love fills me, the way sunlight fills the sky. It spills over onto everything, into the ground where we walk, and the air that we breathe. The comfort of love is simple and bold, forever present in our lives. Can you connect to the rich sources…

Gratitude More and more, I notice I am pausing throughout the day, and taking a moment to be grateful. =   When I awake in the morning, I pause in gratitude for the gift of a new day. =   Before I eat, I stop for a moment, and take a breath,…

Giving and Receiving. How do we keep this exchange alive and active in our lives.  I remember the prayer of St. Francis of Assis (13th century) in which he says, “for it is in giving that we receive.” I like to add, “it is in receiving that we are giving.”…

This week, demands, deadlines, disappointments have been piling up. I fall off my center. How do I maintain my receptivity to comfort in times like this? How can we all stay receptive to comfort in our lives? Here’s a short list of ways to keep the channel of giving and…