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Did you know that everyone, around the world, sees the moon in the same phase? 🌗🌖🌕 How about this - the first time people used the moon as a calendar? 35,000 years ago! The moon connects across time and space.   Mor Keshet encourages a practice of “interbeing” — intentionally observing our interconnection to other beings, human and non-human – as a way to feel supported and build resilience. Example: think about how plants emit the oxygen we inhale and consume the CO2 we

Thank you to Mamaroneck Living magazine for publishing this article in their February issue. Download a PDF of the article here: Find two self-compassion meditations to practice here .

Robert Emmons' definition of gratitude places us in the world. It allows us to be connected to goodness beyond ourselves.

"In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, in the expert's mind there are few." - Zen master Shunryu Suzuki Psychologists who study the climate change movement – and social justice broadly – think that one reason we don’t do more to make things better is that we, as humans, are incredibly uncomfortable with uncertainty. We’d rather “know” that things are going to be bad, than be unsure that they could be good.  A little crazy, right? And, I can also see it.  Uncert

One Small Stone is rooted in 3 beliefs:  We all make a difference...  “You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you... You have to decide what kind of difference you want to make." - Jane Goodall …because we are all interconnected.  We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.” - Martin Luther King, Jr. Mindfulness is key to making a hea

There is a saying that “the hysterical is historical.” The things that really strike a nerve – that get us going from 0 to 60 in 3 seconds flat – are rarely fresh wounds. More often, the things that feel the most overwhelming, the most painful, are chronic emotional injuries, bruises that keep getting pressed, cuts that never fully scar over. Karma, that old Buddhist concept, is a system for taking charge of the things that we can control to stop the reruns of historical pain

I'm guessing that you wouldn't mind a little more calm in your own life - and a little more equity, justice, and peace in the world.  Have you tried Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson's Climate* Venn Diagram ( based on the Japanese concept of Ikigai ) a as a framework for achieving all that? It's a framework for how to make the world better in a way that feels doable, grounded, and even joyful. Give it a go!  Set your phone's timer for 10-minutes and jot down answers to 3 questions

As the nights continue to get longer in the northern hemisphere, I've found myself thinking about light - literal and metaphoric. A few questions I've been sitting with - and am sharing here, in case they are also helpful for you: 🕯 What lights me up?  🕯 What provides a beacon of safety and hope in my community — and how can I add fuel to its energy?  🕯 Who illuminates my path? Can I hold the torch for someone else?     🕯 What - and who or with whom - do I want to turn to

"Biomimicry" is when humans mimic nature to invent solutions to our problems. A simple example is when George De Mestral, in 1948, noticed burrs stuck to his clothing as he walked through the woods and invented velcro. Mor Keshet ( https://www.morkeshet.com/ ) coined the concept of "emotional biomimicry," mimicking the metaphorical example of animals to better regulate our own emotions. For example, the snail carries her home on her back. She has enough within her, just as s

"One of the best things you can do to prepare for a disaster is to bring your neighbor a basket of muffins, because you have to get to know them before the storm." - Dr. Samantha Montano "It turns out that communities are the most important force that allows humans to weather great storms, literally and metaphorically." - Christine E. Nieves Rodriguez "You can't stop the waves, but you can learn how to surf." - Jon Kabat-Zinn I don't know about you, but life feels a little

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Buddhism's guidance on "wise speech."

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Robert Emmons' definition of gratitude places us in the world. It allows us to be connected to goodness beyond ourselves.

*Originally published 5/22. “If we walked around all the time with our bodies leaning forward, can you imagine the kind of aching we...

The media’s predominant narrative (80%, to be exact) around climate change is doom and gloom. With all the bad news, it’s pretty...