**Audio Only** In our culture, attaching ourselves to a strong set of certain beliefs is central to who we think we are as individuals. But in Buddhism, it is said that attachment is the very core of our suffering. What can we learn about how attached we are (to things, beliefs, ideas, people) and how to allow ourselves to step back from those attachments so we can see the true nature of things in the world? 
 
This talk is followed by a 20 min guided meditation.

Poem &quot;The Thing Is&quot; by Ellen Bass

Talk & Guided Meditation - Sympathetic Joy

Life Lived Mindfully takes us into the heart of what mindfulness looks like in our everyday lives…or what it looks like when we aren’t mindful. Using real life situations and experiences from my own life, my goal is to cut through the seeming difficulty and opaqueness of “Mindfulness” and bring it right down to earth in an understandable way, allowing it to be cultivated in even the most chaotic life. I’m glad you’re here!