- Silence Your Inner Critic: Buddhist Antidote to Anxiety
We can be relentlessly self-critical, to the point of anxiety. Early Buddhism gives us insight into how best to understand and work with this negativity, helping us to tone down our inner critic.
- 6 Ways to Cope with Coronavirus Stress and Anxiety
We'll look at six ways the CDC recommends we cope with the stress and anxiety surrounding the Coronavirus, with an eye to the Buddhist dharma. Several of the ways recommended have deep resonances with Buddhist practice. We will also…
- Overcoming Worry and Boredom: Coronavirus Practice
How can we work to overcome worry and boredom in our ordinary lives, or in an extraordinary circumstance like the Coronavirus? We will look at one practice from early Buddhism: focus on the present.
- Two Buddhist Practices to Assuage Worry (They Helped Me Recently)
In this video we'll discuss two Buddhist practices you can use to assuage worry. I'll talk about how these were useful to me in my recent skin surgery, as well as some thoughts about medication for worry.
- Buddhism on Anxiety and Fear
What does early Buddhism have to say about our fears and anxieties? We will look at some passages from the early texts and their commentaries to get insights into one particular practice that can help to alleviate anxiety and gain…