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
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
The Conscious Effort Real Love Requires Monthly Column By Sharon Salzberg for On Being Blog Published Feb 13th, 2017 The love we can cultivate for ourselves, which can unfurl as we practice challenging our habits, judgments, and assumptions (our stories, Read More
The Paths We Take Tumble Together Monthly Column By Sharon Salzberg for On Being Blog Published Jan 10th, 2017 In a way, every day feels like a journey into the unknown, with the attendant possibilities of danger, defeat, and lost Read More
Voting Is an Exercise in Empathy Weekly Column By Sharon Salzberg for On Being Blog Published Nov 22nd, 2016 Even aside from the fear of the practical consequences of that kind of shift in policy, there is the sense of Read More
Voting Is an Exercise in Empathy Weekly Column By Sharon Salzberg for On Being Blog Published Oct 24th, 2016 Whether you’re bored by the election, or shut down to it because of anxiety or frustration, paying attention is the solution. Read More
The Hardship We Accept, The Gratitude We Choose Weekly Column By Sharon Salzberg for On Being Blog Published Sept 20th, 2016 I encourage myself to remember that being grateful doesn’t mean I have to keep a gratitude jar that counts Read More
Dealing With Difficult Emotions Weekly Column By Sharon Salzberg for On Being Blog Published August 15th, 2016 There is always a mystery before us, and that will always bring up difficult emotions. But we can recognize this and choose to Read More
The Kindness Rebellion Weekly Column By Sharon Salzberg for On Being Blog Published July 11th, 2016 I am challenged every day to learn and re-learn the practice of resisting my conditioning — the voice that tells me to judge myself Read More
A New Vision of Kindness Starts With Paying Attention Weekly Column By Sharon Salzberg for On Being Blog Published June 11th, 2016 To be fair, being “nice” isn’t really the same thing as being kind. Etymologically, to be “kind” is Read More
