Julio Diaz ends his daily subway commute one stop early, just so he can eat at his favorite diner. One evening, his routine was broken when a teenage mugger took his wallet at knifepoint. But neither of them could have predicted what happened next.
We are all a part of a mindful revolution.As a mind-body medicine physician, it fills me with hope to watch the “mindful revolution” occurring in the business world. In the last six months we have see the the theme of mindfulness on the co…
Oregon prison officials blanched when they learned about the terrible physical and emotional toll that corrections work was taking on their front-line staffers. They took a novel tack, hiring a consultant who trains people in the Buddhist traditio…
Jane Shaw, Dean for Religious Life at Stanford University, describes her Thinking Matters course on Empathy. This course will introduce freshmen to a range of ways of thinking about empathy. How do we know and understand the other? How does knowl…
A few ideas for building a contented life….1. Practice mindfulness. Mindfulness helps reduce anxiety and stress for everyone. Consider a way to practice mindfulness everyday that is easy to remember. Maybe mindfully brush your teeth or mindfully drin…
