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In the immediate aftermath of the US presidential election, most people I know were shocked. Since then they seem to be making emotional adjustments, which ...

I don’t normally post about politics here, but I feel I have to today, because a lot of people are distressed, shocked, and fearful. Even though the results ...

I recently came across a beautifully written article by Sam Kriss, who I’d never heard of before. I was struck by how beautifully and intelligently he wrote. ...

It took a while to get a copy of this book from the Chinese publisher, not just because of the distance involved but because of the local post office ...

I’m curious what you think about this conversation, on the topic of non-self. It’s a podcast-style explanation of an article I wrote years ago, called ...

I was delighted to discover recently that “This Difficult Thing of Being Human” — my book on self-compassion — has been translated into Chinese and Korean. ...

I came across this on Mastodon (the BEST social media platform), shared by user Vee, and thought it was really useful. Unfortunately I haven’t been able to ...

The practice of sitting down and quieting the mind has been portrayed as the solution for all mental woes. Media reports of its incredible mind benefits are ...

Exciting things have been happening recently. In the space of just a week or so I was been offered two publishing contracts, one for a book coming out next ...

Feelings are a very ancient part of us. They are evolution’s first attempt at thought. While conceptual thought takes place in the mind, feelings take place ...