Working with Emotions

How to identify disturbing emotions, their causes and antidotes, and transform them to bring inner peace.

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A recovery medallion.
Working with Emotions

The 12 steps of Co-Dependents Anonymous

Practicing the 12 steps of Co-Dependents Anonymous with a Buddhist approach.

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Forgiveness

The true meaning of forgiveness

Clarifying the meaning of forgiveness and how it allows us to cultivate compassion in difficult…

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Conventional and ultimate recovery

Therapy, as in a 12-step program, can bring about conventional healing, while Dharma practice brings…

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Visualization and purification

We need a combination of the awakening activities of the Buddhas and our own effort…

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Re-writing the 12 steps, 8-12

Finishing up re-writing the 12 steps, how purification and confession fit in, and getting in…

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Re-writing the 12 steps, 1-7

How to rely on refuge in the Three Jewels, our inner wisdom and compassion, and…

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Making requests and self-reliance

We request the Buddha's for inspiration along the path, but we must do the work…

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Making our minds receptive to the Dharma

Prayer in Buddhism is a collaborative effort. What we are doing when asking the Buddhas…

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The purpose of a spiritual mentor

How we may adapt a 12-step recovery program with Buddhist views on self-reliance for our…

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Couple in an argument.
Healing Anger

Managing anger in a relationship

Anger plays a key part in relationships. Its various manifestations and antidotes are explored in…

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Building Trust

How do we make ourselves trustworthy?

A look at ways of cultivating qualities that make us more trustworthy.

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Building Trust

On marital separation

How to work with the mind when going through separation in relationships.

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