Stephen Batchelor is one of my all time favorite writers and teachers. A contemporary Buddhist master best known for his secular, agnostic approach to spiritual life, he was born in Scotland and ...
The house was unusually quiet one Saturday afternoon. No messages lighting up the phone. No plans waiting on the calendar. Just a long stretch of hours with nowhere specific to be. Years ago, that ...
Natalie Nixon, PhD, is a creativity strategist, global keynote speaker, author of The Creativity Leap and CEO of Figure 8 Thinking. When was the last time you spent time with yourself? In complete ...
Loneliness (feeling alone) and solitude (being alone) are not the same thing. jessicahtam, CC BY But loneliness (feeling alone) and solitude (being alone) are not the same thing. And lessons can be ...
When the poet John Donne was struck down by a sudden infection in 1623 he immediately found himself alone – even his doctors deserted him. The experience, which only lasted a week, was intolerable. He ...