How to develop skills to disarm a runaway mind Primary suffering is unescapable and common to all humans. It is the pain of being alive; being sick, hurting over a loss of a dear familymember or friend, fear of dying etc. Secondary suffering is that which we create, often as a result of trying to avoid […]

We all suffer some degree of anxiety as human beings. This is a window into my process with it: My anxiety is real, it is disconcerting, scary and overwhelming. It is inherent in my humanity, a symptom of chaos.  It can not be pushed against or pushed away. However, it is not my enemy either. […]

I don’t have to give up seeking excellence while I EMBRACE human imperfection with conviction, particularly MY imperfection. My human neurosis (and anxiety) is reduced by the degree to which I accept life (or myslelf) as it is (as I am) and not as I want it to be My favorite poem by Mary Oliver, speaking about […]

I was asked by a friend, who was joining a medical mission to Guatemala as a doctor, if I wanted to join. I went and my life was suddenly changed. I performed hundreds of extractions during this trip, and many hundreds more in subsequent missions. I was painfully, a witness and a protagonist of the […]