What We Give Up
What renunciation asks of us—and what it gives back
nico hase
nico hase lived in a monastery for six years before earning a PhD in counseling psychology and becoming an insight meditation teacher full-time. He serves as guiding teacher of the online dharma community Refuge of Belonging, teaches online and in-person retreats, and speaks with students in one-on-one sessions. He and his beloved life partner, devon, are the authors of How Not to Be a Hot Mess and This Messy, Gorgeous Love: A Buddhist Guide to Lasting Partnership (2026). Find out more at www.devonandnicohase.com
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The Shared Body
What we learn together—and cannot learn alone
Closer Apart
What letting go can teach you about love
The Buddhist Case for Imperfect Love
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How Not to Be a Jerk (Plus, a Kindness Meditation)
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Meditating on Money
Noticing what we think (and feel) about money can help us understand our relationship to it.
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This Changes Nothing: A Dharmic Response to the Election of Donald Trump
One practitioner talks about how to take refuge in Trump's America.
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