Inner Secure Base
[Adapted from Tara Bennett-Goleman, Mind Whispering, 2013] In 2004 I heard Phil Shaver present to the Dalai Lama on John Bowlby’s model of a ‘secure base’. I had an epiphany that we can each turn toward an “inner” secure base. Bowlby, one of the most …
Cultivating Connection In Relationships
Tech devices and wandering minds have made it harder to connect, but nurturing relationships can help strengthen the brain’s circuits for inner calm and kindness, according to psychologist Daniel Goleman and psychotherapist Tara Bennett-Goleman. Omega: …
How Labyrinth Walking Can Clear the Mind
Tara Bennett-Goleman shares a personal story of how the ancient practice of labyrinth walking offered her a way to open her mind and leave her cares and thoughts behind. In a small town in the Berkshire Mountains I came across a large field surrounded …
Emotional Intelligence & the Wisdom of Awareness
Best-selling authors Daniel Goleman and Tara Bennett-Goleman talk about the importance of emotional wisdom in the modern world. Omega: Is emotional intelligence something we’re born with? Are there practices we can do to build our emotional intelligen …
Mind Whispering article: LA Times
http://www.latimes.com/health/la-he-horse-20140719-story.html
The Horse Sense That Builds Trust
As I was growing up, I often found myself in the role of family peacemaker and wondered what it would take for people to focus more on the ways that connected them rather than divided them — not just in families, but in communities and the workplace, t …
How the Mind Can Heal the Heart
Jill Suttie interviews Dan and Tara Goleman. Originally posted at GreaterGood. Jill Suttie: What is mind whispering exactly? Tara Bennett-Goleman: Mind whispering is an integration of Eastern and Western psychologies, the neuroscience of habit change, …
The Universal Language: Tara Bennett-Goleman interviews Sinhalese peacemaker A.T. Ariyaratne
Addressing the concept of psychological modes of connection and disconnection, one of the topics in Mind Whispering, Tara Bennett-Goleman speaks with the “Gandhi of Sri Lanka,” A.T. Ariyaratne about his experiences with nonviolent conflict resolution, …
It’s a gray day here in Boston
But the cherry trees blossom anyway. In the aftermath of the bombing at the Boston marathon, I am standing at the barricade…a block away from the explosion site.. Police and news trucks line the streets. A soldier stands guard with a belt of handgran …
Peace Making Summit HH Dalai Lama dialoguing with leading peace makers, community leaders & grass roots activists May 13-15th Newark NJ
‘Newark Peace Making Summit For more information regarding the Summit (including participants and ticket availability) please visit tibethouse.us. About the Event Newark Peace Making Summit May 13th-15th 2011 HH the Dalai Lama will convene an his …
Man’s Search for Meaning: Viktor Frankl
Old footage of Viktor Frankl talking about the importance of finding meaning and purpose in ones life—and how in recognizing that sense of meaning in others—you can help them become what they are capable of becoming…
Wise Science
Can we separate the perceiver from the perceived? That question came up recently while steeped in a conversation about the Buddhist theory of dependent origination with Tsoknyi Rinpoche. Dependent origination, in brief, says that “everything that seems …
Glimpse of the Dalai Lama’s Washington DC visit
Question to the Dalai Lama: You’ve said that people have an innate instinct for justice but that it can be conditioned out of us Dalai Lama: Animals also appreciate when you treat them with kindness… I had a parrot who even wanted to share his food w …
Paul Hawken’s commencement address
We hear peole voice concerns about the planetary crisis–ranging from hysteria to denial. Paul Hawken has a refreshingly clear ability to keep a balanced perspective and sees both the poignant delusional forces and the potential miraculous capacites .. …
India jazz – kathak and tap
Two different dance traditions–east & west–communicating through the language of rhythm–an interesting metaphor for global interconnectedness–finding a neutral ground to connect through differences and celebrate diversity http://www.youtube.com …
Tara Bennett Goleman
Author of Mind Whispering and New York Times bestselling book, Emotional Alchemy.
Visit www.tarabennettgoleman.com
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