Month: February 2018

Chasing after Happiness in all the wrong places

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Philosophers have been exploring the question of what makes humans happy, and even more fundamentally, what happiness is, for thousands of years. Sidestepping much of this debate, as I discuss it here, a happy life includes times of dissatisfaction, hurt, pain and even despair. The human condition makes these experiences unavoidable. How we relate to … Read more

“You want me to what?” The counter-intuitive process of welcoming what we don’t like

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“So, you’re suggesting I stay present to what I don’t like and be uncomfortable? Why would anyone do that?” Sometimes a participant in a mindfulness program expresses what many others are thinking. Unlike those photos of blissful looking young women often used to “sell” mindfulness, much of the exploration that occurs in a mindfulness program … Read more