Our dear friend, teacher, guide, and radiantly bright light, Terry Patten, passed away peacefully on Saturday, October 30, surrounded by his family. As many of you are aware, Terry was diagnosed with a rare and aggressive cancer in April, and he courageously, vulnerably …
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Appreciating Your Care & Help, and a Personal Update
Dear friend, Thank you so much for caring about me and my work! As you may or may not be aware, I have been experiencing a life-altering health challenge. I haven’t emailed broadly or posted about it on Facebook, yet. But now it’s time to get current. So this email is a …
Spiritual Friends Amidst Cultural Madness: The Power of Our Grateful Generosity
I will be offering an important free online on Wednesday, February 3rd. One of our key leverage points in this fragmenting world is our capacity for radical generosity and spiritual friendship. Does love “develop”? Are there higher “stages” to friendship? Might next-stage …
Just Published: Biocircuits: The Natural Tool that Promotes Sleep, Boosts Energy, and Expands Awareness
I’m pleased to announce the release of a 2nd edition of the 1988 book, Biocircuits that I co-authored with Leslie Patten. The new edition includes the double-blind study that Julian Isaacs and I published thirty years ago, and it’s beautifully redesigned and laid out. It’s got a …
Dispatches from A New Republic of the Heart Podcast Kickstarter Campaign
In today’s media landscape - with every celebrity, news outlet, and blogger competing for our attention and distracting us from more important matters - launching a new podcast may actually seem like part of the problem. However, it is now, in this “attention economy,” when it is …
The Demands of Future Generations
All that’s happening in our crazy world continues to test us and even push us to our edges. You might be feeling the madness and intensity of our collective moment and grappling with your capacity to respond. I’m reminded of when Greta Thunberg recently spoke to the UN and …