What is "Equanimity?"
Equanimity is that state of openness to our heart's desires, without ambition or aversion.
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May 6, 2020
Just Lean In
It's no use trying to hide from life: there's no solace in slack senses.
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May 5, 2020
Adding Ballast to Your Life
Until we take charge of our lives, we inevitably succumb to its vicissitudes — vacillating between convenience and despair, reacting to...
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Apr 28, 2020
How to Find Freedom
It’s so tempting to believe that achievement leads to some sort of freedom, as if our life purpose might save us...
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Apr 27, 2020
Finding Your Purpose
Struggling to find purpose?
Go to those parts of life you find irritating, and then hold them alongside your values.
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Apr 20, 2020
We Are Needed
Gay men have long known what it has meant to die alone. Suffering in silence, cast out of our communities, left to the mercy of...
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Apr 20, 2020
What Needs Tending?
If you’re feeling overwhelmed, try asking yourself this: just what in your life truly needs tending today, in order for you to feel...
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Apr 20, 2020
How to Survive a Plague
For nearly forty years, gay men have demonstrated how to survive a plague with grace and dignity...
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Apr 20, 2020
Boredom is a Painful Peace
Those of us with the luxury and courage to sit with our boredom will soon learn it is one of the pillars of creativity.
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Apr 20, 2020
Taking Just Enough
One thing is clear, now more than ever: if each of us took just a little less, we would all have a whole lot more.
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Apr 20, 2020
I Know This Much Is True...
Even with all the knowledge that we have amassed over the years, there's no greater wisdom than kindness.
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Apr 20, 2020
Managing Expectations
Expectations are really just covert contracts we write to help us stay stuck.
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Apr 20, 2020
When Your App Can't Help
Truth: if you have a core belief that you don't deserve to be in the relationship of your dreams, then it doesn't matter what dating...
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Apr 20, 2020
Can't Buy Love
No matter how successful we may have been in life, there are no guarantees in this world. Our wealth may afford us many things, but might...
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Apr 20, 2020
The Success Paradox
If you’ve been successful in all areas of your life EXCEPT your love life, there might be a cruel paradox at work: those very qualities...
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Apr 20, 2020
Band-Aids vs Booster Shots
In the context of personal growth and development, Band-Aids are those coping mechanisms we use to manage stress, but often inadvertently...
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