by Molly Gordon | Aug 12, 2016 | Choice, Confidence, Emotional intelligence, Three Principles, Video, Wisdom
When we try to impose high-mindedness on our decisions, we may inadvertently find ourselves invested in being right and in getting “good” results. When we make decisions instead from a quiet place, we tend to be less invested in being right. We decide with...
by Molly Gordon | Jul 4, 2016 | Choice, Consciousness, Lovingkindness
A declaration of interdependence Last month, around the time I was wrestling with what to write here, 49 people were killed and many more were injured in an Orlando nightclub. My heart broke, and I went into something of a tailspin. For a few days I simply had nothing...
by Molly Gordon | Jun 30, 2016 | Choice, Consciousness, Video, Wisdom
It is easy to become discouraged, frustrated, even resentful and angry when we face world problems as individuals fighting against an external ill. How can we hope to overcome such things as systemic racism, economic injustice, or the simple venality of human beings...
by Molly Gordon | Jun 10, 2016 | Choice, Fear, Video, Wellbeing, Wisdom
Though it might seem like we need to make a choice between anxiety and an insight that can see through or behind our moment to moment experience, we really don’t. Awareness takes care of things without effort or intervention.
by Molly Gordon | May 20, 2016 | Choice, Emotional intelligence, Lovingkindness, Video, Wisdom
In every moment each human being is doing his or her level best. That’s the humbling, magnificent, encouraging, discouraging truth. And the more deeply we see this, the more we access compassion for ourselves and others. The more compassion we experience, the...
by Molly Gordon | May 13, 2016 | Choice, Emotional intelligence, Thought, Video, Wisdom
In which I recount my great cat box insight: in any given moment you either want to clean the cat box or you don’t. Pretending that you are not doing what you choose to do just makes things unnecessarily complicated.
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