There is so much division in this world. So what is really the path of healing? It can begin in this moment, by embracing the life that`s here.

If you let someone know you appreciate him or her, especially when you're going to disagree, it gets that person's defenses down.

The Buddha never intended to make desire itself the problem. When he said craving causes suffering, he was referring not to our natural inclination as living beings to have wants and needs, but to our habit of clinging to experience that must, by nature, pass away.

Stories can be a jumping-off point to access the emotions and the sensations in the body.

My first book, 'Radical Acceptance', grew out of the suffering of feeling personally deficient and unworthy. Because most of us are so quick to turn against ourselves, the teachings and practices of radical acceptance continue as a strong current in 'True Refuge': nurturing a forgiving, understanding heart is a basic step on the path.

Because we have such a deeply grooved conditioning to reject and condemn ourselves, particularly in this culture, I find that emphasis on the word "acceptance" is central in healing. It brings our attention to the possibility of saying yes to what we are experiencing in the moment, and counteracts the conditioning to push away what feels unpleasant or intense or unfamiliar.

By taking the time to explore charged memories in therapy we might uncover feelings that have been buried for decades.