by Anam Cara Callahan
This piece is an essay on my practice of mindfulness in choosing heart-filled work and the awakening of my inner artist and spiritual master.
by Jessica Bizub
A short essay about my experiences bringing leadership to the path and the path to leadership in service of positive social action, particularly my sticky habit of being skeptical of others’ ideas.
by Chelsea A.
Learning, in fits and starts (and more fits), to see my own self-righteous arrogance for what it is and generate compassion toward a new boss that really isn’t working out.
by Caitlin Bargenquast
The lyric essay of a meditating artist musing on hustle, synchronization, practice, abundance, and working for tips.
by Liza Kindred
Why corporations can be a good thing, and how values can be good business.
by Brandon Rennels
Capturing my transition from working in the corporate world to being in the mindfulness world. Far from a change in direction, it is rather a journey of integration.
by Nick Walser
Exploring the nuances of working in a real-life palace and why Buddha didn’t need to leave his.
by Corey Krupowicz
If you are living a life that is just getting by, then you have a gift awaiting you.
by James Crews
This is an essay that looks at the circuitous path I took–from the high desert of Oregon to Saint Louis, Missouri to Bogota, Colombia–toward understanding the work of teaching and the importance of bringing mindfulness into the classroom.
by Ellie Aaron
This is a short reflection on how I use a Buddhist concept to empower me in teaching kids Yoga!
by Celina Neilson
An essay about mindfulness and career discovery.
by Sarah Lipton
Working is a perpetual process, and no matter what my job is, my task as a meditator is to continually come back and be present with whatever is before me. Even if my work is interrupted.
by Stacy Chivers
An essay on working in a hospital and how the dharma helps my patients and myself.
by Sophia Aguiñaga
A recap of how the wear and tear of extensive customer service work can slowly but surely be transformed into compassion and love for both the worker and the customers being served.
by Scott Coulter
Navigating an ocean of attachment and aversion in the music business.
by Abbey Pleviak
Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, in his lectures on Milarepa in the 1970’s, stresses to his students that the main point to be taken from Milarepa’s story is that the inspiration of his accomplishment is available to anybody. Trungpa Rinpoche insists that the experience of this Tibetan man, who lived 1,000 years ago, is very similar to what we experience in America today. Having been cheated out of his father’s inheritance by his family, he exacts a thorough revenge. Realizing he has amassed a massive amount of bad karma, he turns to spiritual teachings in the hopes that he can avoid hell. He eventually meets his teacher Marpa, who puts Milarepa to work in order to purify his karma before giving him the teachings that will allow him to utilize everything in his experience for the ultimate realization of enlightenment.
In the spirit of Trungpa Rinpoche’s urging to his students to have the ambition to become “American Milarepas,” and after reflecting on the work I am currently doing, I have written this poem, which borrows heavily from Milarepa’s story of Marpa putting him to work and from “The Song of the Lunatic.” It also draws a quote from “The Goddess Tserinma’s Attack.” I hope anyone who reads this feels inspired to read Milarepa’s biography and the amazing compilation of his One Hundred Thousand Songs.
by Sarah Maynard
How to deal with that difficult person in the office (there’s always one…!)
by David
A pithy piece on work, drinks, and samsara
by Connie Kassor
If we can manage to shift our attitudes toward work, we can come to see that it’s not something that’s separate from the rest of our lives — it IS ”the rest of our lives.”
by Angela Gunn
An essay exploring my thoughts about Right Livelihood while working on a Reality TV show that promoted drinking, fighting and sexual misconduct.
