Trauma, Darkness, and the Powerful Therapy That’s Helping Me Heal

Want more posts like this in your life? Join the Tiny Buddha list for daily or weekly insights. Trigger Warning: This piece contains references to childhood trauma, depression, and suicidal thoughts. Please take care of yourself as you read, and step away if you need to. If you are struggling, you are not alone — […]

Why Self-Respect is So Powerful

Self-respect is often described as a somewhat abstract, intuitive, internal feeling or judgement that one has about oneself. But if we observe it up-close and long-term, we can see that it’s actually built, brick by brick, from the tiny promises one keeps to themselves repeatedly over the course of their life. Psychological research suggests that […]

Why the Breath Is More Powerful Than Willpower in Addiction Recovery

Want more posts like this in your life? Join the Tiny Buddha list for daily or weekly insights. “If you want to conquer the anxiety of life, live in the moment, live in the breath.” ~Amit Ray I don’t remember the moment I decided I wanted to live again. I just remember the breath that […]

5 Powerful Mental Shifts to Stop Worrying About What Other People Think

“Care about what other people think and you will always be their prisoner.” ~Lao Tzu We carefully pick out what we wear to the gym to make sure we look good in the eyes of the other gymgoers. We beat ourselves up after meetings, running through everything we said (or didn’t say), worried that coworkers […]

Awareness and Self-Compassion: Two Powerful Tools for Chronic Pain

“Pain is not wrong. Reacting to pain as wrong initiates the tangle of emotional resistance against what is already happening.” ~Tara Brach The wooden meditation hall creaked softly as sixty people shifted in their seats, trying to find comfort in the silence. Outside, winter rain tapped against the windows, a gentle metronome marking time. I […]

Four Powerful Ways to Cope with Survivor’s Guilt

Acknowledge and validate your survivor’s guilt; it’s a natural response to devastating events. Source: Wasabi Publicity/Adobe/GoodIdeas, used with permission In the aftermath of a devastating hurricane like Helene or Milton, the wreckage is not only physical—there’s emotional damage, too. If you’ve survived while others around you have lost their homes, their livelihoods, or even their […]