Zen Bite: Weird Enlightenment
When people find out that I am a Zen Buddhist priest they often say, "Cool, man, you need to meet my friend -- he's a hippie too."
Michele
Michele is a certified registered nurse anesthetist and single mother who lives in New Jersey. In 2008, she was diagnosed with ovarian cancer, just a few weeks after receiving certification as a nurse anesthetist. With her world turned upside down and her exciting plans for the future put on hold, Michele struggled with anger, anxiety, and depression.
She found help through a University of Pennsylvania clinical trial focused on holistic therapy. In addition to using medication to treat her anxiety and depression, Michele uses affirmations,...
Practicing Mindfulness
One of the best definitions of mindfulness comes from Jon Kabat-Zinn, the founder of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction.
“Letting It All Go: One Step Closer To Me”
Each morning brings with it the turning of a page in the book of our existence.
Michael Baime, M.D.
Dr. Baime has practiced meditation since he was 14 years old, and has taught mindfulness meditation since 1983. His experience as a physician and specialist in internal medicine led him to create the Penn Program for Mindfulness in 1992. He has developed customized mindfulness-based programs for numerous groups, including people living with cancer, healthcare providers, police officers, adults with ADHD, and smokers attempting to quit. His work joins traditional mindfulness meditation techniques with the insights of neuroscience and the methods of modern cognitive behavioral...
Richard Davidson, Ph.D.
Dr. Davidson is the Vilas Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry, and the Director of the Waisman Laboratory for Brain Imaging and Behavior and the Laboratory for Affective Neuroscience. He has been at the University of Wisconsin since 1984. Dr. Davidson’s lab has undertaken a broad program of research on the brain mechanisms that underlie emotion and emotion regulation in normal individuals throughout the life course, and in individuals with various psychiatric disorders. The populations he studies include normal middle-aged and older adults, infants, toddlers,...
A survivor’s story
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Michelle, diagnosed with ovarian cancer, struggles with the changes in her life. In addition to chemotherapy, she pursues various paths in an attempt to find the tools that will help her tap into her inner strength and survive emotionally. She attends the Heal Your Life Conference and self-help book fair and discusses her experience at the conference with her daughter.
Zen Bite: Stinky Zen
Zen Buddhists refer to enlightenment as being on top of a 100 foot pole. It is a wonderful metaphor that conveys clarity, wisdom and life above the normal strife of humanity.