Embracing RAIN & Open Awareness
I view my meditation practice as a way to air myself out, and RAIN as a deep cleanse. Since we know suffering creates suffering and...
Conflict Resolution in the Classroom
In 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave a speech titled "Strength to Love" in which he said: "Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only...
And We Rise Up...
One of the many characteristic traits my mother passed down to me was a love of back-to-school supplies. So, I was actually a bit excited...
Going Down to Come Up
Recently, life surprised me with what one of my meditation teachers calls an AFGO (Another Freaking Growth Opportunity). These growth...
Reflection: What Comes to Mind?
I was leisurely walking around a quaint, beach town when the proximity of these two signs so close together caused me to come to a...
Mirroring the Light
Mirroring the Light by Lauren Taub Cohen The setting sun spills its splendor across the soft, receiving sand and I study how the light...
Normalizing Affords Relief
Recent experiences have caused me to reflect on one of my favorite books of all time Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very...
Long Island Summers
Long Island Summers by Lauren Taub Cohen The sweet and sudden smell of waffle cones combined with the saccharine scent of ice cream...
Becoming Whole
I recently returned from my first weeklong meditation and mindfulness teacher training with Tara Brach and Jack Kornfield. The week had...
Wondering What Could Have Been
Wondering What Could Have Been by Lauren Taub Cohen She grew up beside the rumble of trains clamoring on tracks and imagined that one day...
