Category Archives: gratitude

DFD on “Thinking Clearly”

Posted on March 2, 2017 by

I was recently very honored to spend time discussing mindfulness, consciousness compassion and neuroscience with blogger of “Thinking Clearly” Martina Feyzrakhmanova MD of Dublin, Ireland. Check out the first part our conversation: Thinking Clearly  Advertisements

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A More Beautiful World

Posted on December 1, 2014 by

Thanks to my friend Robin Youngson, an anesthesiologist in New Zealand who is founder of a worldwide movement to humanize health care  Hearts in Health Care, I have become aware of the works of Charles Eisenstein, a young writer and … Continue reading →

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Dragonfly and Symbolism

Posted on August 11, 2014 by

The dragonfly is an amazing creature. As a boy growing up in rural Alabama in the 1960’s I and my friends were avid insect collectors. Butterflies, like zebra swallowtails and giant swallowtails, and moths like Luna moths and Prometheus moths … Continue reading →

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More Dharma, Less Drama

Posted on August 7, 2014 by

I recently attended my first silent meditation retreat held at the Southern Dharma Retreat Center in the mountains of western North Carolina, near Hot Springs. This was a 5 day Vipassana retreat organized around the 4 foundations of mindfulness: awareness … Continue reading →

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Light at the End

Posted on July 8, 2014 by

“For, clearly, we will just have to gird ourselves for the difficult challenges ahead. There is, literally, a light at the end of the tunnel, but there is a tunnel, and we are well into it.” Al Gore, 2014

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Thought for the Day

Posted on July 4, 2014 by

“If you are going through hell, keep going” Winston Churchill

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Get Well Elana

Posted on December 27, 2013 by

Elana Miller, a brilliant young Harvard educated integrative psychiatrist at UCLA who writes a wonderful blog Zen Psychiatry was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic T cell lymphoma stage 4 last week. Would you please keep her in your thoughts and devote … Continue reading →

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