Accept Dependence
We are hungry for love and need others. Let this truth in. Accepting your inherent dependence brings you into harmony with the way life is.
Accept Difficulty
When things are difficult, we often add a lot of unnecessary frustration, anxiety, and self-criticism by resisting the difficulty of them – often with an underlying attitude of “it shouldn’t be this way.” Find more peace by accepting difficulty instead of getting aggravated by it.
Rest Your Weary Head
Our minds are hauled along in a culture without a speed limit – exceeding the limit, and there is always a price. Pulling out of the mental traffic, it’s an act of freedom and wisdom.
Rest in Center
There is a deeper place that is undisturbed, your center. As you deepen your sense of connection with this core of your being, you’ll be more resilient, happier, and at ease.
Step into the Cloud
Stressed by all the things you have to do? Seen as brick-like entities, tasks can feel heavy, oppressive, burdensome. If instead we view our tasks as clouds, tasks feel more fluid, like streams or eddies you step into, influencing or contributing as best you can, before they swirl on and become something else.
Cultivate Goodwill
Ill will creates negative qualities, whereas goodwill creates positive qualities. As a social and loving species on the planet, we have the wonderful ability and inclination to connect with others, be empathic. But we are also aggressive.
Accept It
Acceptance is the foundation of wisdom and inner peace. It is easy to accept life’s beautiful things. It is the hard things in life that are hard to accept. The sweet spot is both by accepting the fact that they are what they are.
Being Well Podcast: Discovering Your Attachment Style
In this episode, Forrest and Dr. Jennie Rosier explore what attachment theory is, how we can identify our attachment style, and what we can do to build a healthier relationship with our own style and that of others.
Being Well Podcast: Discovering Your Emotional Intelligence with Daniel Goleman
Today we’re exploring one of the most important topics when it comes to our personal happiness, achievement, and general social functioning: Emotional Intelligence, with Dr. Daniel Goleman.
Being Well Podcast: Mailbag – Building Resilient Relationships
On today’s episode of the podcast Forrest and I answer questions from listeners related to our important relationships. The first explores how we can raise resilient children, while the second focuses on managing challenging relationships in the workplace.
Is Life Actually Suffering?
Discover what causes suffering and learn how we can rest in fullness with the experiences we are already having.
Compassionate Assertiveness
This talk from the San Rafael Meditation focuses on warming the heart and assertiveness that is grounded in the underlying ventures of Buddhism that have to do with wise speech, action, livelihood, and conduct.
Healthy Desire, Benevolence Toward Yourself, and Self-Compassion
In this talk from the San Rafael Meditation group, we explore warming the heart and benevolence towards oneself in the form of self-compassion.