Category: Advice for Difficult Times
How to Work With Anxiety: 3 Techniques For Lasting Change
Anxiety is a natural response to being human, says Lion’s Roar’s Chris Pacheco. When we try to control our anxious feelings instead of accepting them, we might end up exacerbating fear and worry. Here, he outlines three main strategies for moving through anxiety.
Savor the Joy
When you’re a parent your heart is always on the line, sometimes broken, sometimes full of joy. To help you get through the tough parts, says psychologist and Insight teacher Allyson Pimentel, you can learn to savor the good times in parenting—and in life.
One Brief Pause Is All It Takes
Lion's Roar AV producer Sandra Hannebohm reflects on the impacts of pausing during times of anxiety. From the March 2022 issue of Lion's Roar magazine.
Can Meditation Actually Be Dangerous?
After seeing multiple headlines about the dangers of meditation, Randy Rosenthal decided to investigate it for himself. Here’s what he found.
What Meditation Can’t Cure
Meditation wasn’t designed to heal psychological wounds, explains Debra Flics. She cautions not to see it as a replacement for psychotherapy.
No Worries
Sylvia Boorstein addresses a mental affliction we don’t often talk about in spiritual terms. It’s a big problem for her, and maybe for you—worrying.
I’m Not O.K., You’re Not O.K.—and That’s O.K.
"We are all subject to the pain of loss, grief, sadness and even plain disappointment. But by talking to one another about it, we console. It is enough."
Lessons of Covid-19
Kristina Pearson shares the lessons of impermenance, acceptance, and wise hope she's learned while recoving from Covid-19.
The Problem With Problems
The more we increase our ability to deal with our own difficulties, the more aware we are that we can’t solve the troubles of loved ones.
How RAIN Can Nourish You
Jack Kornfield teaches us the transformative mindfulness practice known as "RAIN."
In It for the Tea
Hilary Smith isn't keen about Zen, but she does need company. Isolation and depression are the wolves at the door of her mountain cabin.
What to Do in An Emergency: A Zen Firefighter’s Wisdom
When the going gets tough, the tough get mindful. Hersch Wilson offers valuable tips for any stressful situation when you need to be calm, cool, and effective.
Life is Tough. Here Are Six Ways to Deal With It
These classic Buddhist slogans offer six powerful techniques to transform obstacles into awakening and benefit.
Strangers No More
Dharma teacher Shahara Lauren E. Godfrey, passed away on December 1. In this piece from early 2019, she shares a story about the power of kindness.
Holding Your Seat When The Going Gets Rough
The most straightforward advice on how to discover your true nature is this, says Pema Chödrön: practice not causing harm to anyone—neither yourself nor others—and every day, do what you can to help.
Finding Freedom: The Death Row Journey of Jarvis Jay Masters
Susan Moon on the spiritual journey of Jarvis Jay Masters, a Buddhist practitioner on death row in San Quentin prison.
The Supreme Meditation
Aging, illness and death are treasures for those who understand them. They’re Noble Truths, Noble Treasures. If they were people, I’d bow down to them.
Pema Chödrön on Meditation and the Middle Way
As human beings, not only do we seek resolution, but we also feel that we deserve resolution. However, not only do we not deserve resolution, we suffer from resolution. We don’t deserve resolution; we deserve something better than that. We deserve our birthright, which is the middle way, an open state of mind that can…