For her fifth episode of the Real Love Podcast Series, Sharon speaks with environmental activist Tim DeChristopher. In December of 2008, Tim disrupted a Bureau of Land Management oil and gas auction by registering as “Bidder 70” and outbidding oil Read More
Sharon is joined by bell hooks for a heartfelt conversation about the transformative power of love in Episode 54 of the Metta Hour Podcast. bell hooks is a cultural critic, feminist theorist, and writer. Celebrated as one of our nation’s Read More
A Standing Meditation for Self-Care A Monthly Column By Sharon Salzberg for On Being Published May 15th, 2017 What if we replaced this notion of our essential damage with a sense of our essential capacity to love, and the need Read More
In Episode 53 of the Metta Hour Podcast, Sharon sits down with Emma Seppälä Ph.D to discuss some of the science behind love and compassion. Emma Seppälä is the Science Director of Stanford University’s Center for Compassion and Altruism Research in Read More
In Episode 52 of the Metta Hour Podcast, Sharon is joined by Holistic Life Foundation co-founders Andres Gonzalez and brothers Ali and Atman Smith for a conversation around the role of love in community building. The Holistic Life Foundation has been Read More
In Episode 51 of the Metta Hour Podcast, Sharon sits down with Ram Dass and Raghu Markus for a conversation about Ram Dass’s relationship with his Guru, Neem Karoli Baba, and how that relationship transformed his ability to love himself Read More
The Gut-Wrenching Process of Befriending Ourselves A Monthly Column By Sharon Salzberg for On Being Blog Published April 18th, 2017 Even from personal experience, I would argue that there’s a meta-level of fear each of us feels in the process Read More
Enjoy this lovely video of our alternative Valentine’s Day celebration filmed at Deepak Home Base in New York, NY on February 14, 2017. The evening includes a dharma talk by Sharon Salzberg exploring how to work with enemies, whether within Read More
The 50th episode of the Metta Hour Podcast is a special Valentine’s day event, recorded live from Deepak HomeBase in New York NY on February 14th, 2017. Love your enemies? An enemy – whether within or without – as someone Read More
How to Train Your Brain to See Beyond Us Versus Them A Monthly Column By Sharon Salzberg for On Being Blog Published March 21st, 2017 Both research and common sense corroborate that fear of losing a sense of our own Read More
