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Meet the Author of 'Shy Guy Meets the Buddha'
And Learn How this Essay Series Got its Name
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If You're In the Shower, Be in the Shower
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My Bucket List is Empty, Thank Goodness
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I Blew My Chance to Be a Good Father.
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I Begged Her to Let Me See my Children
When Love Doesn't Land, Keep on Loving
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I Lost a Special Friend to Violence
But I still believe in the goodness of humanity
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Please Don’t Call Me a Weirdo
The trauma behind my resistance to this and other labels
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Maybe Monkey Mind Isn't so Bad
Trusting the Wisdom of the Body
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How an Animal Carcass Shifted my Understanding of Death
I’m Not Telling You How to Think, I’m Just Sharing my Astonishment
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The King of Swing: A Poem for my Daughter
Why you should always dance with your kids
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The Case for “Just Sitting”
I Lowered My Expectations of Meditation and Everything Fell into Place
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