“It is a truth, universally acknowledged, that parenting can be stressful. My life as a mother is often a blur. That’s why I feel unbelievably fortunate to have a technique in my daily routine to…

A few years ago, Bill Stixrud and Ned Johnson started noticing the same problem from different angles: Even high-performing kids were coming to them acutely stressed and lacking motivation. Many complained they had no control…

Did you know that one in five people these days are affected by mental illnesses such as anxiety and depression? These days many of us are also struggling with stress and overwhelm as the pace…

Walking meditation is a simple and universal practice for developing embodied awareness. Often when walking we mentally ‘check out’ and fall into autopilot mode but this ten minute meditation will guide you to stay grounded…

In September 2017, I learned that my breast cancer – which I had been diagnosed with two years prior – had metastasized and is now, what they call in the cancer business, “terminal.” I am…

When I was a little kid, it always broke my heart to see a homeless person on the street or someone begging for food. On one such occasion, I proclaimed to my father, “When I…

The ashram remained operational for many decades after the band left, housing dozens of straight-backed sadhus, or holy men, in small domed huts. But in the early 2000s, the land was taken over by the…