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Happiness: “Automat” Style

© Andrew Safer 2014 When I was a young boy growing up in New York City in the late 1950s, I used to love to go to Horn and Hardart’s “Automat” to marvel at all the luscious treats that were displayed in plain view. All my parents had to do was put coins in a …

Home Base

(c) Andrew Safer 2014 Stirring the milk into my morning tea, I’m thinking about taking a shower. And then there’s the e-mail I have to send about the project that has been dragging on too long. As I bound up the stairs, tea sloshes on the floor as I head for the shower. Maybe if …

Foundations for Meeting Life’s Challenges

© Andrew Safer 2014 Relationship troubles, bills to pay, job stress, your child is going through a rough spot and you’re trying to figure out how you can help. What does mindfulness have to do with all that? It seems like there’s the tidiness of our mindfulness practice and the messiness of the rest of …