Personal Reflections Illness & Care
My Grass Roof Hermitage
A Soto Zen priest learns to embrace the life of a hermit while living with illness in a small space
Illness
Personal Reflections Illness & Care
“I Own This Body. I Own This Disability.”
A practitioner learns to accept a diagnosis of cerebral palsy and find peace with himself.
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Making Our Own Jewels
A writer and practitioner reflects on her terminal illness.
Personal Reflections Compassion
How Imperfection—and Attention to It—Invites Care
In a recent episode of Tricycle Talks, playwright Sarah Ruhl shares her journey to acceptance and self-compassion following her diagnosis with Bell’s palsy.
Personal ReflectionsMagazine | Feature
The Myth of Moving On
Writer Suleika Jaouad navigates the aftermath of illness and explores the in-between places.
Personal ReflectionsMagazine | Feature
I Can Only Imagine
Adapted from Smile: The Story of a Face
Reading with the End in Mind
A professor of Buddhist narrative learns to live with her cancer diagnosis by connecting with Buddhist stories.
Personal ReflectionsMagazine | Feature
Will I Get More Time This Time?
A Buddhist teacher and cancer survivor is hospitalized during the pandemic.
Disease Is Inevitable. Compassion Is a Choice.
Amid the coronavirus outbreak, a practitioner visiting China reflects on how panic spreads and what we can do to open our hearts again.
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