Letting Go
Moms deal with so many feelings and needs and wants in her children and partner that the stress builds up over the course of a day. Here’s a summary of practical methods for letting go.
How Hard Times Can Open the Heart
From Rick Hanson’s 2016 Psychotherapy Networker Symposium keynote address, “How Hard Times Can Open the Heart”
Where’s Dad?
These days, dads too (like moms) are pulled in different directions by changing expectations about their proper role in the family coupled with unrelenting pressures to be a successful breadwinner. Find out how to be an excellent team player in the role of childrearing.
Human Need for Refuge
From Rick Hanson’s 2016 Psychotherapy Networker Symposium keynote address, “How Hard Times Can Open the Heart”
The Neurology of Awakening: Using the New Brain Research to Deepen Your Practice – Selected Readings
A selection of books about the brain and buddhism referenced throughout The Wise Brain blog postings.
The Neurology of Awakening
Learn the methods of the Neurology of Awakening, as well as a list of nutritional supports for inner peace presented at the follow-up workshop on Awakening Your Brain.
Empathy for a Partner
It is often true that parents wish their partners understood them more. Here we explore empathy for a father.
Giving Is Good: Generosity from Everyday, Buddhist, and Evolutionary Perspectives
Giving is the first of the ten “paramis” or perfections of a Bodhisattva, a highly Awakened person who postpones his or her ultimate enlightenment to bring all beings to liberation. You can read this article within a Buddhist framework or simply for its reflections on the deeply human, widespread, and everyday matter of giving.