Author: Rick Hanson

Speaking from an open heart can seem so vulnerable yet be the strongest move of all. Naming the truth has great moral force....

If you don't see progress in your own life, then you will feel stagnant, or declining. Learn to notice the things that are improving all around you....

Criticism is unavoidable. Sometimes we take being criticized with good grace, other times it stings, and sometimes both are true. Here are some tips for accepting criticism, learning what you can from it, and moving on....

Where does it hurt? The practice: Recognize suffering in others. We're usually aware of our own suffering, but seeing the suffering in others: that's not so common. All the news and pictures of disaster, murder, and grief that bombard us each day...