Is Life Figure-Out-Able

If you find yourself getting stressed or contracted while trying to “figure out” life, this exploration is for you. It looks at the tensions that come up when we believe we should be able to control life, or understand it, and we can’t. Hope you enjoy!

Freedom From Fear

What if you don’t need to “face your fears” in order to feel more free? What if you don’t need to feel controlled by your fears either? Sometimes “having a fear” feels like a problem. It can feel limiting, uncomfortable, embarrassing and infuriating…

Feeling Hurt

We *all* feel hurt sometimes. But often we try to cover over that hurt for various reasons. Maybe we want to seem strong, or we don’t think we deserve to feel hurt, or maybe we feel angry so quickly we didn’t even notice the hurt…

Feeling Sick

When the body gets sick, we can often believe thoughts that are not helpful. So in addition to physically not feeling well, we make ourselves suffer emotionally and mentally too. Now this may sound like a radical idea to some of you, so let’s explore it more together…

The Door That Ends The War (Story)

Until seven years ago, I experienced regular bouts of depression and anxiety. The anxiety sometimes bordered on panic attacks. I had been on and off antidepressants, in and out of long-term therapy, and was a recent graduate of eating-disorder rehab…

Wanting Approval

Sometimes we notice we’re organizing our life to get approval we’re afraid we’re lacking. This meditation explores the experience of wanting approval, how much we avoid feeling that, and how personal it can feel.

Feeling Resentful

Resentment can feel crappy. But sometimes we think we need it to take care of ourselves. This 8-minute meditation explores the experience of resentment in a loving way, and inquires into the possibility of letting it go without compromising yourself.