My Least Popular Post? Compassion for Tony Hayward, BP CEO
Yes, compassion for Tony Hayward, BP CEO. I’ve got loads of it, and I ask you to have it too. The oil spill boils my blood. I’ve cried about it, ranted about it, shuddered and shook my head. I’ve...
View ArticleHow to Be a Goal Artist
1. Hold the process of creating the goal as sacred. Make the goal itself a work of art. “Get in shape” doesn’t cut. “Run a mountain trail and love the run — even in mile 8″ just might. Take time to...
View ArticleEmpathy on the Playground — and Beyond
I really did grow up analyzing my dreams with my mom at the breakfast table, over oatmeal. She’d take out a yellow pad and we’d sit at the kitchen table diagramming the dreams, talking about different...
View ArticleOne Time Offer
I write in the mornings, and most days when I wake up there is a vague direction for the morning’s writing sitting in my chest. I follow it and see what happens. Today I woke up with such love for...
View ArticleToday Show Appearance, Gratitude & More…
Wednesday is a big day for me. I’ll be going on the Today Show, talking to 2 million viewers about women owning and claiming their brilliance in the world. Whew. Ack! Yay! Feeling all of those. Am...
View ArticleA Poem: Turn Your Palm
Turn Your Palm I invited you in to the mystery with an open hand. I invited you in to the lap of love. I walked you down a golden path and touched your eyelids when you slept. Then I turned away...
View ArticleHow Julio Diaz Got Mugged
A few years ago, on the way to his favorite diner, Julio Diaz was mugged. His is perhaps the most remarkable story of a mugging you’ll ever hear. On an empty subway platform, a teenage boy...
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The Big Ideas
More than three years ago, when I was just starting this blog, I wrote a post called “The Big Ideas.” In it, I listed the big concepts I wanted to talk about here. It was my “this, I believe” post. It...
View ArticleThings We Don’t Know Yet
Here are some things we don’t know yet: How to create a childhood worthy of the sacredness of the child How to forgive ourselves, entirely How to love without projection or dependence How to...
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A Conversation with Ellen Goodman Part 2
Here’s Part 2 of my chat with Pullitzer prize-winning columnist Ellen Goodman. (Read Part 1 here). TARA: Let’s talk more about social change because you’ve both written about it and taken time to...
View ArticleThings We Don’t Know Yet
This summer as I’m taking some downtime, I’m sharing some of my favorite and your favorite posts from the archives. Hope you enjoy these selections! Love, Tara Things We Don’t Know Yet Here are some...
View ArticleThe Two Most Important Words to Drop From Your Life (and How to Do It)
I want you to get rid of two toxins in your life, two little devils. They show up in the form of two words: need and should. I want you to get a taste of living free of them, and to experience life...
View ArticleOne-Time Offer
I write in the mornings, and most days when I wake up there is a vague direction for the morning’s writing sitting in my chest. I follow it and see what happens. Today I woke up with such love for...
View ArticleTwo Questions to Ask When You are in Pain
For me, the process of transformation often begins with pain – a pain that grows in its intensity until it is great enough that I have to look at it and face its causes. One of the greatest tragedies...
View ArticleSimple. Powerful. Links.
The smell of lemons. The sunset over the city, seen from our living room window. The feeling of petting a cat. The colors of plums. My husband’s face when he walks through the door at the end of the...
View ArticleLoving Reality
In our culture, when we talk about love, we typically talk about loving another person: I love Sonia. I love my grandfather. What do we mean by that? When we love others, we treat them with...
View ArticleEverything A Destination
When we really get present, every moment in life becomes a destination; nothing is just a step on the way to something else. Every activity is an ends in itself. We have to decide to value each...
View ArticleNo Shame
Hi folks, A couple weeks ago I had an icky, embarrassing experience. I decided to mine it for all the wisdom and interesting writing it could be worth. And that’s what I’ve done. It turned out...
View ArticleReprise: Loving Reality
Over a year ago, I wrote a post called Loving Reality. That was in the days of 38 or so mighty readers. This morning I was reminded of this piece because it was republished in Soulful Living. I...
View ArticleThe Outer Heart
You’ve got a heart. You know that part. But what is the container like that holds your heart? When you heart speaks, how do you listen? How do you speak back to it? When your heart moves, what kind...
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