
Anxiety
Whether it’s shortness of breath in a stressful situation, racing thoughts before bed, or uneasiness around social situations, we’re all familiar with anxiety in one form or another. Buddhist wisdom—including mindfulness practices—can help.

Journalist Oliver Burkeman lays out a practical guide for living meaningful and fulfilling lives as finite, imperfect humans.

Personal Reflections Zen Buddhism
Bowing to Anxiety
Approaching OCD as Zen practice

Personal Reflections Psychology
The Anxiety of Existence
Anxiety is an inevitability of life. To confront it, we must come to terms with our own impermanence.

Everyday Enlightenment
Mindfulness educator Susan Kaiser Greenland offers practical tools for getting out of our own way and tapping into our innate goodness.

Already Free
Psychotherapist Bruce Tift explores why we’re so invested in believing that there’s something wrong with us—and how we can instead learn to relax into our fundamental freedom.

Invoking the Buddha at the Auto Body Shop
How a three-figure sandwich helped a lay practitioner to connect with her own inherent buddhanature

What to Do When Someone Steals Your Cushion
A story and practice about finding freedom from self during a seven-day Vipassana retreat

TeachingsMagazine | In Brief, Teachings
Getting Friendly With Emotion
A brief tip from a Buddhist therapist

Finding Joy in Uncertainty
In this Dharma Talk series, you'll learn how to approach the uncertainties of life and find real happiness in a seemingly collapsing world. Jon Aaron, a teacher at the New York Insight Meditation Center, invites us…

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