Elena Herdieckerhoff explains why we need to change the prevalent cultural narrative around highly sensitive people.
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In this episode of the Making Sense podcast, Sam Harris speaks with poet David Whyte about the importance of work and relationships, the balance between training and expressing of one’s talents, the lessons of mortality, and other topics.
For months, Katie has been thinking about quitting her job. Although the 27-year-old feels fortunate to have a good job that pays well, her co-workers' negative energy makes the work environment unhealthy. "I can feel when there's toxic energy around," Katie explains.
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The difference between average and outstanding? Emotional intelligence. Your next job may depend on your EQ and not your IQ. Emotional intelligence shows how you can apply your smarts.
The purpose of this video is to relay the most sublime teaching of Sunyata—silence beyond any idea of silence, peace beyond any idea of peace, love beyond any idea of love, and the vast emptiness of the omniscience that defies description (gate gate pāragate pārasaṃgate bodhi svāhā).
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Your relationship to work defines your success. If you do whatever's in front of you so magnificently, with all your heart, the Universe can't help but surrender to you.
Talk from Professor Richard Davidson at "Creating a Happier World: an afternoon with the Dalai Lama and friends" - organized by Action for Happiness in London on 21 Sept 2015
The impact of meditation on cultivating more positive emotional qualities.
Pioneer Richard Davidson is a world-renowned neuroscientist who, with an assist from the Dalai Lama, is leading the way to a deeper understanding of everything from memories to happiness.
Can we cultivate well-being in the same way that we can train our bodies to be healthier and more resilient? If so, how might we use the practice of meditation to experience equanimity, to open our hearts fully to others, and to cultivate insight and wisdom? In this workshop, two world-renowned...