by Sarah Chauncey | Jan 25, 2017 | Life
One of the foundations of inner peace for me is realizing that I am not my thoughts. In order to do that, though—and this is pretty much the core of everything I practice and write about—I had to learn to observe my thoughts, to recognize that the thoughts exist on...
by Sarah Chauncey | Dec 31, 2016 | Life
I don’t have any particular New Year’s traditions any more. Through my 20s and 30s, I grew tired of resolutions, then commitments and goals—all things that ultimately made me feel bad about myself (usually within about six weeks). In my early 40s, I...
by Sarah Chauncey | Nov 12, 2016 | Life
“From a spiritual perspective, it’s never right to hate someone, and it’s never wrong to love someone.” —Professor john a. powell, Director, Haas Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society, Otherness and Belonging (Wisdom 2.0 2016) For more...
by Sarah Chauncey | Oct 28, 2016 | Life
It seems to be an accepted part of 21st-century life that life demands more and more of us, that busyness, super-busyness, or the apt phrase crazy-busyness, is the norm. Yet many of us are discovering that busyness is unsustainable, and memes are popping up...
by Sarah Chauncey | Oct 23, 2016 | Nature
From a distance, these trees look uniformly bright pink. Up close, the colors are much more intricate....
