A Resonant Life

Accept, Contextualize, Intend: A Mind-Hack for Chaotic Times

Amid today's media chaos and rage-driven algorithms, rediscovering spiritual engagement requires accepting the noise, practicing equanimity, and returning to simple, altr

FAFO and the Compassion Muscle

Ever caught yourself thinking "you deserved it"? Yeah, same. Let's talk about what that reveals — and how to turn it into something better. #AResonantLife, #BuddhistPodc

A New Start - Sharing the Flame of Kindness

Rising from disappointment and confusion we return to focusing on kind actions for others as the fuel of positivity and the recovery of a positive heart. Season 2 will st

Episode 40 - Revised Terms and Conditions

We’ve often underpinned a lot of our previous discussions and insights with the idea of embracing others without condition, without distinction. But what does that mean?

Episode 39 - Zip the Lip and Unzip the Heart

Buddhist concepts, doctrine and traditional practices can seem daunting and nearly impossible to work into our busy and challenging lives. But what the Buddha taught — an

Episode 38 - Equanimity: The Flowering of Gratitude

Having suffered some health issues recently, I lost my center and focus — I became focused on my suffering and my inability to take action as I had previously. With help,

Episode 37 - The Heft & Weight of a Grudge

Facing an imminent meeting with someone to whom I had a grudge, I decided I was no longer willing to carry the weight and negativity of old grudges — the one against this

Episode 36 - Pointing to Gratitude

We go through life conflating thankfulness and gratitude and I suspect gratitude is something much deeper, more significant. Using some of the Buddha’s teaching, as well

Episode 35 - Powerful Magic: Apology

Conflicts and disagreements and toxicity are pervasive in our world — from society at large to our neighborhoods and even inner circle of family and friends. This all lea

Episode 34 - When I'm the Jerk in the Room

Recognizing when we ourselves are being jerks is an opportunity to look deeply into our psyches, our egos, and find the places in our mind where we cling, grasp and prote

Episode 33 - The Power of Spiritual Agency

Building on what we discussed before, we tackle the question -- how can I change the world if I can't even change my life or the people around me? And how can I do so if

Episode 32 - A Garden Hose vs Global Conflagrations

The tragedies of our world -- war, oppression, poverty and want -- can so easily overwhelm us that we turn inward. We tend to shut down our hearts so we don't drown in th

Episode 31 - Just What Do We Mean By Altruism?

Doing for others, putting others first, giving away that which is ours to benefit others. This other-focus is counterintuitive to our more baser natures -- and our egos'

Episode 30 - The Weight and Power of Words

Throughout human history, there have been words of power -- mantras, spells, incantations. But it isn't just these special words that have power. Our everyday words are a

Episode 29 - The Rush of Chaos

Our lives -- with ambition, career and family and friends, with social media trends and distractions, or for some, just trying to get by -- life comes at us so fast it is

Episode 28 - When A Jerk Crosses Our Path

It can't be denied or ignored... Some people are just jerks. This reality poses challenges to our spiritual work trying to be unconditional, accepting and altruistic with

Episode 27 - Spiritual Listening - Listening with your Heart

When we feel irritated or bothered by others when they're talking to us, we can use this negative response to create a positive outcome. We can use it to listen with our

Episode 26 - Never Enough Time

Time - they say it flows like a river, but frankly that river flows way too fast sometimes. Today we'll discuss how to regain balance from overly stressful situations and

Episode 25 - It's Not MY Problem!

Our tendency, under the sway of our egos, is to become defensive in situations where we are challenged or tested or blamed. Using that feeling of defensiveness can be a c

Episode 24 - Practice Makes Perfect

How many times have we started a new project, set a new goal, started a new program with the goal of making changes in our life or lifestyle, hobby, health or any positiv