To some degree, the critic arises out of that negativity bias in that our brains are oriented towards threat and toward survival. The critic really s…

- Mark Coleman

I do believe there's a place for anger in spiritual life. Just as a mother protects a child, as parents protect offspring under threat, we need a pla…

- Mark Coleman

With mindfulness, we can be with the experience in more immediate way. When we find ourselves flooded with an emotion that's come after the judgement…

- Mark Coleman

Mindfulness is the ability to be aware, to note, to notice. When we apply that to our thoughts and mental habits, we bring a clarity of awareness in …

- Mark Coleman

One of the tools I like a lot is the Just Like Me practice. It's one of the empathy practices where we put ourselves in the other's shoes. Rather tha…

- Mark Coleman

Mindfulness is the primary tool in that we get a little space between ourselves and the thoughts and then we actually can be more responsive, as in: …

- Mark Coleman

In the Buddhist tradition, where mindful meditation comes from, anger is regarded as a somewhat unhealthy,unskillful emotion because we can be blinde…

- Mark Coleman

I was an angry young man, as you say. I was a punk rocker, blaming the government, corporations, and anything external, like my family, for my anger.…

- Mark Coleman

There are plenty of times we need fierce compassion, fierce love. Just like when a child does something that is very harmful and we say "No!", we nee…

- Mark Coleman