Disliking Someone = Disliking Yourself

Disliking Someone Is Really Disliking Yourself

by Ed and Deb Shapiro:  When we don’t like someone, the feeling sticks to us like glue. We get hooked, thoughts of the person come thick and fast,

Does It Ever Pay to Be Angry?

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by Ed and Deb Shapiro:  No one can really enjoy getting angry. It’s like drinking poison or being stuck in glue — it can arise out of nowhere and often outstays its welcome.

Meditate Your Way Through Anger

Meditate Your Way Through Anger

by Ed and Deb Shapiro:  Anger can be an effective expression of passion for justice and fairness, for basic rightness, for what is appropriate and humane.

Making Friends With Your Fear

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by Ed and Deb Shapiro:  What is your greatest fear? Ed’s mother died when he was only five days old. How does a child grow up without the fear of losing loved ones?

Find Your Peace in the Midst of Chaos

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by By Ed and Deb Shapiro:  Have you ever been in stuck in traffic on a busy street and felt like it was just too much or caught up in an argument that was going nowhere?

Changing the World From the Inside Out

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by Ed and Deb Shapiro:  Why do people mistreat each other? After the shooting at Sandy Hook, the response of the NRA was that every schoolteacher should be armed.

Let’s Make Compassion Fashionable

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by Ed and Deb Shapiro: If we genuinely want to end hatred, bigotry, racism and abuse, if we genuinely want to bring real change to the world, then there is only one place to begin.