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Finding Peace When You Don’t Know What Comes Next

“Sometimes letting things go is an act of far greater power than defending or hanging on.” ~Eckhart Tolle For as long as I can remember, [...]

What I Learned About Love and Worth When Money Was Gone

“The greatest discovery of all time is that a person can change his future by merely changing his attitude.” ~Oprah Winfrey The fluorescent lights of [...]

How I Found Peace When Everything Suddenly Felt Out of My Control

“That which does not kill us makes us stronger.” ~Friedrich Nietzsche I was twenty-five weeks pregnant when I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. Still [...]

How to Stop Judging Yourself and the Past Year Harshly

“The way you look at things is the most powerful force shaping your life.” ~John O’Donohue As often happens at this time of year, I [...]

A Tiny Bit of Tiny Buddha, with You Every Day

I might be just a little biased, but I find this site very soothing. It’s my literal home on the web—built humbly in 2009 with [...]

The Truth About Healing I Didn’t Learn in Med School

“The wound is the place where the Light enters you.” ~Rumi I’ve spent most of my adult life helping people heal. I’m a podiatrist, a [...]

Why the Breath Is More Powerful Than Willpower in Addiction Recovery

“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 [...]

Break the Cycle: How to Heal the Patterns You Didn’t Choose

“We don’t inherit the earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children.” ~Native American Proverb For years, I blamed my parents for my [...]

Why I’m Listening to My Aging Mother More Deeply Now

“When an old person dies, a library burns to the ground.” ~African Proverb For most of my life, I thought aging was about bodies slowing down—hair [...]

Grieving the Parents You Needed but Never Had

“We can’t receive from others what they were never taught to give.” ~Unknown When I was younger, I believed that love meant being understood. I [...]