In this fascinating book, Sharon Begley (a science writer for Newsweek and previously for the Wall Street Journal) goes through some of the history of…
Just about everyone nowadays has at least a passing familiarity with Deepak Chopra. He’s an M.D., but has specialized in alternative medicine for about 2…
I’ve read and listened to a number of books and presentations by Jon Kabat-Zinn. He earned a Ph.D. from MIT in molecular biology in 1971.…
Eckhart Tolle is a spiritual teacher and author of the bestseller The Power of Now, which I read after one of my clients highly encouraged…
Technology, Entertainment, Design (TED) Convention In this inspiring TED presentation, Dr. Taylor, who is a Harvard-trained neuroanatomist, describes her experience of having a stroke in…
I listened to the (unabridged) audiobook entitled The How of Happiness, which was read by the author, Dr. Sonja Lyubomirsky. She is a professor of…
Mindfulness is the powerful idea that we are not our thoughts. When we are mindful, we are tuning in to the present moment. We are…
Various forms of loss and disappointment are a part of life – we lose jobs, experience illness, miss opportunities, the value of our retirement plummets,…
I read this Buddhist story about our true nature being like pure gold that I’d like to share. Imagine that I have a gold nugget…
Many people believe that, to meditate, one needs to be seated in lotus position for an hour with incense burning in the background. That’s one…