- Mothering in a Fractured TimePosted 1 week ago
- Beneath the Surface: Revealing Life’s Goals nurtured from a Spiritual SeedPosted 2 weeks ago
- How We Kept Marital Peace while Traveling the World with Our KidsPosted 3 weeks ago
- How I Coped with Feeling Lost in a Changing SocietyPosted 3 weeks ago
- The Unexpected Liberation of a Butt DialPosted 2 months ago
- Why is France making abortion a constitutional right?Posted 2 months ago
All posts tagged "Ed and Deb Shapiro"
-
Facing Fear
By Ed and Deb Shapiro We’re all dealing with fear right now: Fear of catching or dying from Covid, fear of the unfamiliar, of loneliness, boredom, loss, depression, the list goes on. We’re also dealing with political...
- Posted November 5, 2020
-
Let’s Make Compassion Fashionable
By Ed and Deb Shapiro If we genuinely want to end hatred, bigotry, racism and abuse, if we genuinely want to bring real change to the world, then there is only one place to begin. We have...
- Posted October 1, 2020
-
Making Friends With Panic
By Ed and Deb Shapiro Through Covid-19 we have been launched into the great unknown. It no longer seems relevant or even practical to make long-term plans, as everything is subject to such indeterminable change. The truth...
- Posted July 8, 2020
-
Lose Your Mind and Find Your Self
By Ed and Deb Shapiro As the great Zen teacher, Alan Watts said: We all need to go out of our minds at least once a day. When we go out of our minds we quickly come...
- Posted May 30, 2020
-
The Myth of Freedom
By Ed and Deb Shapiro Ed was part of the flower power love generation of 1960’s hippies, the essence of which was the freedom to be ourselves. The explosion of yoga and meditation began then, as Ed...
- Posted March 12, 2020
-
The Amazing Wisdom of Mindlessness
By Ed and Deb Shapiro Where mindfulness is all about being aware, being present in the moment, noticing and paying attention to thoughts, feelings, behavior, and everything else, mindlessness is anything but, dominating all those moments when...
- Posted December 2, 2019
-
Are You A Monk, A Frog, Or A Scorpion?
By Ed and Deb Shapiro After extensive travel in India and Australia we came back to visit with Ed’s family in New York. At dinner we were relating a story of a train journey we took across...
- Posted September 15, 2019
-
If There Is No Solid Me Then Who Am I?
By Ed and Deb Shapiro The future is a concept—it doesn’t exist! There is no such thing as tomorrow! There never will be because time is always now. ~Alan Watts When Deb was a teenager in London,...
- Posted July 16, 2019
-
Why Meditation Can Appear So Challenging
By Ed and Deb Shapiro What is it about something as simple as sitting still and watching our breath that evokes panic or even fear? No matter how much information there is proving the mental, emotional and...
- Posted June 2, 2019
-
What’s The Big Fuss About Mindfulness & Meditation?
By Ed and Deb Shapiro It’s really happening! Mindfulness and meditation are infiltrating our lives like old friends. But this poses a conundrum. With health reports saying we would all benefit practicing mindfulness and meditation, and with...
- Posted May 14, 2019