by Evan Dwan | Oct 31, 2017 | News |
“If I were to wish for anything, I should not wish for wealth and power, but for the passionate sense of the potential, for the eye which, ever young and ardent, sees the possible. Pleasure disappoints, possibility never. And what wine is so sparkling, what so...
by Evan Dwan | Sep 23, 2017 | News |
We have within us the power to cultivate positive emotions and experiences in our everyday lives. We have the power to develop joy in ourselves in simple yet profound ways. So often we look to the big events in our lives to make us happy: marriage; career; family;...
by Evan Dwan | Sep 15, 2017 | News |
“No man is an island, Entire of itself, Every man is a piece of the continent, A part of the main”. – John Donne “The deepest need of man”, wrote the philosopher and psychoanalyst, Erich Fromm, “is the need to overcome his separateness, to leave the prison of...
by Evan Dwan | Sep 5, 2017 | News |
When afflictive thoughts and emotions strike, we need strategies. We need a psychological toolbox to defend ourselves. Buddhist meditative practices offer a profound resource for arming us with effective tools to deal with disturbances of the mind. Mattieu Ricard, a...
by Evan Dwan | Aug 12, 2017 | News |
Nonviolent communication (NVC) is a compassionate form of communication that seeks to resolve conflicts and reconcile differences in all types of relationships. Marshall Rosenberg, author and pioneer of NVC, believes that it is in our nature to enjoy giving and...
