by Andrew Smith | Mar 14, 2024 | Buddhism, Psychotherapy
“Help! I Can’t Meditate!” “Help! I can’t meditate!” Have you ever felt this way when you tried to start a meditation practice? Common feelings beginning meditators experience are:1. I’m too anxious to sit with my thoughts.2. I don’t have time.3. I...
by admin | Nov 23, 2023 | Buddhism, Psychotherapy
Pain East and West Current CDC estimates are that about 20% of the population has chronic pain (50 million) and about 8% have high-impact, disabling chronic pain (pain that significantly limits life activities). Chronic pain rates are higher in older adults, adults in...
by admin | Nov 20, 2023 | Buddhism, Psychotherapy
Suffering and Cessation through the Lens of Modern Neuroscience and Buddhism (This post was originally a talk given at Lion’s Roar Dharma Center, Sacramento, California.) The Truth of Suffering For my dharma talk today I am going to take Julie Andrews’ advice...
by admin | Nov 19, 2023 | Buddhism, Psychotherapy
How To Be Selfish Part Two: Loving the Enemy When I wrote the article “How to be Selfish” I approached the main premise of the article as doing one’s best to understand what is going on for others in order to see that the person wasn’t just “out to get you.” I now see...
