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Making Friends with Yourself (II)

© Andrew Safer 2015 When we interrupt our busy momentum—even if it’s just for a moment—we have a chance to make friends with ourselves. This is not just a matter of giving ourselves a break—although that’s certainly part of it. There’s something more… In meditation practice, we see that our minds are so busy—nervous about …

Making Friends with Yourself (I)

(c) Andrew Safer 2015 You have a chat with your manager and let your guard down. On your way home, a familiar voice pipes up: “I probably shouldn’t have said that. Now he’s going to think I’m disloyal / stupid / not qualified / soft.” But the commentator in your head doesn’t stop there. “Why …

The New Anxiety

(c) Andrew Safer 2014 In the prehistoric pre-Internet days, there were far fewer distressing things to be worried about, and we weren’t finding out about them in real time. Today, headlines like this, accompanied by arresting images, greet us larger than life before our morning coffee: Most Face Masks In China Don’t Work And Pollution …