Softening to Emotional Resistance

Softening to Emotional Resistance

“Notice where you’re resisting. See if you can soften in those areas,” the yoga teacher instructed. We were in half-pigeon pose, during the last five minutes of a “Hot Power Yoga” class. For those uninitiated to yoga, what you most need to know about half-pigeon is …

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Film Screening of "The Mask You Live In" on the Emotional Development of Boys

Film Screening of "The Mask You Live In" on the Emotional Development of Boys

What is it like for a boy who is taught he needs to be tough to act like a man, but also feels fear? What is it like for a young man who isn’t supposed to show “weakness” and the only emotion that he can express is anger? This is the reality for many boys and young men growing up in the United States with a specific version of “masculinity” training.

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Dating Disaster Stories from a "Terrible Dater"

Dating Disaster Stories from a "Terrible Dater"

“He was leaning over me on the sofa, kissing my neck. Then I realized he was also checking a new Bumble message on his phone.”

I was interviewed on the San Diego morning news along with Sabrina Must, the author of a new book on her personal dating disaster stories….

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I’m with the Band: The “Band of Discomfort” - The Humility of Travel Part 1

I’m with the Band: The “Band of Discomfort” - The Humility of Travel Part 1

Son of a bitch here it comes again. Loud stomping through the middle of my chest and across my solar plexus. The trumpets blaring the message of “ignorant American” and the clarinets playing an out-of-tune ditty about “feeling foolish.” The timpani add their insistent beat….

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Why We Need to “Lean In” with Compassion in 2019 - What’s Lacking in Sheryl Sandberg’s Brand of Feminism

Why We Need to “Lean In” with Compassion in 2019 - What’s Lacking in Sheryl Sandberg’s Brand of Feminism

Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook, published her book Lean In in 2013 to wide praise and coverage. But Sandberg’s veneer of success now has fundamental cracks. The more insights we glean into the kind of person Sandberg is, the easier it is to see what’s missing from her “Lean In” approach to women’s workplace empowerment….

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