Religious

“Love yourself first and everything else falls into line.” ~Lucille Ball The first time I experienced burnout, I was twenty-six. I was at the height of my career in London, doing it all, and yet I somehow found myself back at my parents’ house, sobbing in my mom’s car, after signing myself off from work, […]

“Come back to yourself. Return to the voice of your body. Trust that much.” ~Geneen Roth I may be showing my age, but here goes… It has come to my attention that I’m like a paddle ball. To anyone born in the 21st century: for context, before handheld devices ruled the world, kids entertained themselves

“True self-love is not about becoming someone better; it’s about softening into the truth of who you already are.” ~Yung Pueblo One morning, I sat at my kitchen table with my journal open, a cup of green tea steaming beside me, and a stack of self-help books spread out like an emergency toolkit. The sunlight

“The most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen… they must be felt with the heart.” ~Helen Keller I didn’t want to admit it—not to myself, not to anyone. But I am slowly going blind. That truth is difficult to write, harder still to live. I’m seventy years old. I’ve survived war zones, illness,

“Anxiety is a response to a nervous system that learned early on it had to protect itself.” ~Dr. Hilary Jacobs Hendel Anxiety shaped much of my life—how I showed up, how I held myself back, and how I connected with others. For years, I didn’t even know what it was. I just knew the pounding

Hi friend! As we head into the holiday season, I know many of us are starting to think about gifts for the people we love (and maybe a few things for ourselves as well). With that in mind, I wanted to remind you that the 2026 Tiny Buddha Day-to-Day Calendar is now available. It’s one

  “There is no amount of self-improvement that can make up for a lack of self-acceptance.” ~Robert Holden Six years ago, I forgot it was picture day at my daughter’s school. She left the house in a sweatshirt with a faint, unidentifiable stain and hair still bent from yesterday’s ponytail. The photographer probably spent less

“In a sense, we are all time travelers drifting through our memories, returning to the places where we once lived.” ~Vladimir Nabokov I found it by accident, a grainy image of my childhood bedroom wallpaper. It was tucked in the blurry background of a photo in an old family album, a detail I’d never noticed

“Owning our story and loving ourselves through that process is the bravest thing that we’ll ever do.” ~Brené Brown Several years ago, I wrote a heartfelt letter to my estranged mother, articulating my deep feelings about her perceived lack of empathy and care. My intention in writing the letter wasn’t to ignite conflict; it was

“Boundaries are the distance at which I can love you and myself at the same time.” ~Prentis Hemphill I thought I had seen the worst of it. I thought I knew what it meant to watch someone you love disappear into addiction. My mother taught me that lesson long before I was old enough to