by Sarah Rudell Beach | Jun 6, 2016
Enjoy this highlight from the Left Brain Buddha vault! (originally published March 2014) A few weeks ago at a doctor’s appointment, my doctor asked me about my children. I gave her the regular updates, and also mentioned my daughter’s tantrums and anger...
by Sarah Rudell Beach | May 9, 2016
Perhaps the most important and beautiful concept in the Buddhist tradition is equanimity. Buddhist teacher Joseph Goldstein says one could argue “that the whole path [to enlightenment] rests on the maturing of this powerful, … beautiful factor.” What is Equanimity?...
by Sarah Rudell Beach | Feb 22, 2016
I really like ~ in fact, love ~ being a mom. But sometimes, I don’t “like” motherhood. We can pretty much say this about anything else in our lives without people batting an eye. Think of how acceptable it is for women to complain about and mock...
by Sarah Rudell Beach | Dec 14, 2015
“And the Grinch, with his Grinch-feet ice cold in the snow, stood puzzling and puzzling, how could it be so? It came without ribbons. It came without tags. It came without packages, boxes or bags. And he puzzled and puzzled ’till his puzzler was sore. Then the...
by Sarah Rudell Beach | Nov 2, 2015
The next few weeks are shaping up to be pretty emotional for me. First, tomorrow is the publication day for Mothering Through the Darkness: Women Open Up About the Postpartum Experience. This powerful book challenges the myths about and breaks the silence...
by Sarah Rudell Beach | Oct 26, 2015
Several years ago, I tweeted the following: I don’t even remember now what had caused my daughter to try to convince me of the hardships of first-grade life. My initial reaction to her proclamation an internal eye-roll, along with thinking, “Being a kid is...
