Category: Talks

It's July, so I'm celebrating Disability Pride Month with another talk on incorporating pride into our practice. Sometimes the disabled experience feels like a juggling act, managing all emotions and nuance of disability. There can be profound sadness alongside feelings of joy, empowerment, and adaptation. This year's talk focuses on living multi-dimensional ...

This talk discusses how we can bring mindfulness to our thoughts, assess their content, and what to do when we have difficult thoughts.

This talk investigates why Self Compassion is important and The Self Compassion Break which is a practice developed by Kristen Neff, Phd. I first gave this talk at a half day long retreat I co-led in December 2025. It was repurposed and given again at EBEM on 4/12.

At the end of 2025 I was hit with an infection that exacerbated my Multiple Sclerosis and left me in the hospital for a total of 29 days. Meditation is difficult in a hospital so in this talk I discussed ways I adapted my practice to fit the setting.

Community is a core component of both disability community and Buddhist teachings. In this talk I discuss how the two intertwine and my love for Disabled Sangha.

The Buddha listed desire as one of the three poisons, or causes of suffering. As with all things in life, it's a little more complex than simply being bad. In this talk I explore what desire is and how it can be worked with.

In my second talk celebrating Disability Pride, I discuss the importance of Loving Yourself and how it can become part of our Dharma Practice.

In this talk, I discuss the importance of savoring and explore different ways to savor our experience.

This talk is on the practice called "R.A.I.N." and how it can support us through difficult times. R.A.I.N. stands for recognize, Allow, Investigate, and Nurture.

In this talk I summarize a daylong retreat I took on Five Practices that Support Equanimity.