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Why I Went “Bliss Hunting” & How I Outgrew Spiritual Bypassing When Life Got Hard
When I first left the hospital after twenty years studying and practicing medicine, I was traumatized, depressed, and lost. What a blessing it was...
The People Chose Empathy: And Why Some People Need Our Empathy More Than Others
I was listening to spiritual teacher Tosha Silver's call this morning. She said that she wept at Biden's acceptance speech when she saw someone in...
46 Things NOT To Say If You’re Committed To Anti-Racism, Justice & Empathy
The votes for the 2020 US Presidential election are still being counted, but what is already obvious is that something close to 50% of the country...
12 More New Age Beliefs We Need To Unpack If We Want To Be Social Justice Allies
In case you're curious, I appeared on the Conspirituality podcast this week, talking about how the New Age and far right-wing conspiracy theories...
10 New Age Beliefs We Need To Unpack If We Want To Be Social Justice Allies
Some of you are asking me to clarify how seemingly benign "love and light" New Age belief systems could possibly be damaging, especially to BIPOC,...
The Psychology Of Why People Believe Conspiracy Theories: A Compassionate Lens to Help You Understand Loved Ones You Lost Down The Rabbit Hole
This post is for anyone whose loved ones have gone down the conspiracy theory rabbit hole, taken on QAnon beliefs, gotten "woke" or "red-pilled,"...
Fierce Compassion Takes A Stand To Protect What You Hold Sacred
After reading all of your comments all week, just so I can try to make sense of what's happening here in this community, I feel like I need...
We All Deserve To Breathe Freely
I can't stop pondering why so many of the challenges we're facing as a culture right now revolve around the breath. COVID is a disease that...
We Need To Feel To Heal
As I’m trapped in my house because the air quality where I live in the Bay Area is incompatible with life, as I’m sheltered in place for six months...
How to Make Wise Decisions During Uncertain Times
This is a time of hard choices in uncertain times. Should you go to the hospital if you get short of breath, or should you ride it out at home?...
Germ Theory + Terrain Theory = Saving Lives
I hear a lot of people these days talking about "germ theory" and "terrain theory" in light of the pandemic. In short, germ theory focuses on...
How To Self-Administer Placebo Effects
Someone asked me today about my thoughts about the mystery of the placebo effect, which I wrote about at length in Mind Over Medicine and which...