Articles
Written reflections from Robert Strock and the Awareness That Heals community.
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The Global Bridge Foundation fundraiser with Indivisible
It was an honor to have supported Indivisible this past week through The Global Bridge Foundation. If you have a humanitarian project in the area of homelessness, climate change, or wealth inequality, please be in touch. We want to help support everyone to find each other. Photo captions: Left: Ezra Levin, Co-Executive Director of…
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From Self-Judgement to Self-Compassion
This guided meditation helps the viewer have self compassion in the face of harmful self talk that can be chronic.
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5 Reasons Your Company Should be Investing in Mindfulness Training
Mindfulness isn’t just good for us as individuals. Here’s how it can help your company grow. It completely makes sense to bring mindfulness into the workplace. How could it not help to have more peace, sensitivity and cooperation? There isn’t a part of society or life that wouldn’t benefit from greater mindfulness whether it is…
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Cultivating Friendly Mind – Part 3
In this series, we take a look at one of the eight key practices for navigating life’s challenges that are explored in my new book, Awareness That Heals. The voice of friendly mind simply and sensibly deals with what is possible rather than continuing to go for the impossible. It is pragmatic, unbiased, and even-tempered.…
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For Hurricane Dorian Survivors, Emotional Distress Lingers
International Medical Corps is one of the true heroic agencies of our time. If you can support them with whatever kind of donation, it is money well spent. We are honored to be partners with them for the last 10+ years. Each of us that isn’t locked in a survival struggle ourselves needs to look…
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Climate Change Will Make Seafood Scarcer and More Dangerous
It’ll Also Change the Taste of Our Favorite Species. New research shows shrimp can lose their flavor when ocean chemistry shifts. (The New Food Economy) Losing the taste of our favorite fish is a “tip of the iceberg”. We are working with several great organizations at The Global Bridge that are working directly with the…
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Cultivating Friendly Mind – Part 2
While the sound of our friendly mind’s voice varies depending on the circumstances we are facing, it does have abiding qualities. It is either neutral or, when the challenges are not all consuming, it is supportive. To demonstrate this, here is the summary of a series of sessions in dialogue form, showing how friendly mind…
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Communicate With Your Own Soul
A guide to support a communication bridge between your wisdom heart and everyday challenges.
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Confronting Impossible Standards with Friendly Mind
Robert Strock and Shelley Pearce talk about how “friendly mind” can confront the most common irrational standards that can affect our mood throughout the day.
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Botham Jean’s Neighbor, a Key Witness in Amber Guyger Trial, Shot to Death in Dallas
Deeply tragic. Such a horrible symptom of a culture that still is loaded with bigotry and violence. What can each of us do to support less violence? It seems the first thing is to realize that virtually all of us have anger that we underestimate that is inside us. That would be a major contribution…