I'm so happy to share that my fall online communication course is now open for registration. This year will be the last time I teach the online series live. All future versions will be pre-recorded.I'm also offering a special early bird discount for...

“Which would you rather have: great wealth and riches, or time with someone who clearly points out your faults?” As a young, enthusiastic seeker, I felt inspired by this Buddhist parable. I even romanticized the idea of humbly receiving difficul...

Dear friends,I'm so excited to share that my new book is now available for pre-order, Your Heart Was Made For This: Contemplative Practices to Meet a World in Crisis with Courage, Integrity, and Love. I've been working on it for two years, and can't...

Today is a special Father’s Day for me. It’s the first one without my dad, and the first one as a new dad. Before our son was born, I sat quietly and contemplated becoming a father. Thinking of my own dad, I felt safe and warm. He embodied prote...

Dear friends,I'm happy to announce two donation based, online events coming up.Sunday, June 11, 7:30am PT / 10:30am ETJoin me for an online meditation next Sunday morning. We'll meditate together, I'll offer a short talk, and respond to questions. Re...

Dear friends,One of my first meditation teachers was fond of saying, “Life is your best teacher. Allow life to be your teacher.” Those words have stayed with me all these years.I haven’t sent a newsletter in a few months because life has been a deman...

Dear friends,Life is a series of cycles. Every day, every season, every year we move through a natural arc of light and dark, expansion and contraction, joy and sorrow. When we take time to step back and reflect, we grow wiser.Wise reflection contemp...

Dear friends,Our son is now two months old. As I reflect, the learnings seems to fall into three main areas: shifts in myself, in relation to my wife, in my relation to our son. Those who are already parents probably will recognize some of what...

Dear friends,I'll keep this short: for those interested, this is a "last call" to register for my eight-week, live online communication course Say What You Mean, Part I, starting this Wednesday.Part I covers the essential foundations of my integrated...

As I begin to parent our newborn son, sleepless and wonder-struck, deep questions are stirring in my heart. How will we help this tender, beautiful being navigate our complex, struggling world? How will we explain to him the painful aspects of h...