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The Post-It Note Method – A Truly Simple Way to Discover your Passion

Dear community, In a way, I've been working on this article for 15 years! (But don't worry, it's short and sweet). I hope you find it useful. Warmly, Jared Here is a link to t[Read more]
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Can Spiritual Activism Save Humanity?

Dear community, Here's my latest article. It was just published in the Huffington Post. I hope it helps you and I hope it helps us. Warmly, Jared Here is a link to the origina[Read more]
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Welcome to the Global Spiritual Revolution

Dear community, I am very excited to share this article with you! It was just published in the Huffington Post. I hope you're well, and I hope the article uplifts you. Warmly,[Read more]
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How Can Psychotherapy Help Stop Climate Change? 20 Therapists Answer

Dear community, After months of interviews and editing, here's my latest article. I wrote it for the magazine Psyched in SF and it was republished in the Huffington Post. It'[Read more]
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This amazing Pope

Dear community, One thing the Pope said in his recent encyclical (his official Catholic teaching on climate change) has really stuck with me and continues to inspire me. He sa[Read more]

Can Spiritual Activism Save Humanity?

Can Spiritual Activism Save Humanity?

Dear community, Here’s my latest article. It was just published in the Huffington Post. I hope it helps you and I hope it helps us. Warmly, Jared Here is a link to the original article as it appears in the Huffington Post. Because of climate change and its various causes, humanity is at risk of… Continue Reading

Welcome to the Global Spiritual Revolution

Welcome to the Global Spiritual Revolution

Dear community, I am very excited to share this article with you! It was just published in the Huffington Post. I hope you’re well, and I hope the article uplifts you. Warmly, Jared Here is a link to the original article as it appears in the Huffington Post. We may not recognize it, and there… Continue Reading

How Can Psychotherapy Help Stop Climate Change? 20 Therapists Answer

How Can Psychotherapy Help Stop Climate Change? 20 Therapists Answer

Dear community, After months of interviews and editing, here’s my latest article. I wrote it for the magazine Psyched in SF and it was republished in the Huffington Post. It’s an in-depth look at how psychotherapy can help stop global warming and other destructive forces on our planet, and it’s for therapists, clients or patients, and… Continue Reading

This amazing Pope

This amazing Pope

Dear community, One thing the Pope said in his recent encyclical (his official Catholic teaching on climate change) has really stuck with me and continues to inspire me. He said that we need “an ethical revolution.” In a slightly silly but sincere nod to him, I pray that, despite all the noise and busyness and… Continue Reading

Why Going Crazy is So Sane

Why Going Crazy is So Sane

Dear community, I just published this article in the online magazine Psyched in SF and I wanted to share it with you. Warmly, Jared Link to the original article as it appears in Psyched in SF   Sometimes when it feels like we’re going crazy, we’re really having a deeply sane response to a world… Continue Reading

Processing the Pope’s Message

Processing the Pope’s Message

Dear community, Today the Pope released his much-talked-about encyclical, an official Catholic teaching about how climate change is “a dominant moral and ethical issue for society.” In it he talks about the “unprecedented destruction” humanity will face if we continue to treat the planet the way we do, and I want to offer some tips… Continue Reading

A Wildly Bright Kind of Earth Day Activism

A Wildly Bright Kind of Earth Day Activism

Dear community, I published this article today in the online magazine Psyched in SF and I wanted to share it with you. Happy Earth Day! Jared Link to the original article as it appears in Psyched in SF.   In an effort to be of true service in my life, I spent years studying and trying to… Continue Reading

My new blog!

My new blog!

Dear community, I am excited to share my new, redone newsletter with you, which is actually now a blog where you can leave comments if you are so moved. This blog comes from my desire to build and support a community of people who are really trying to wake up spiritually, evolve psychologically, and do… Continue Reading

Unleashing our inner bodhisattva

Unleashing our inner bodhisattva

Dear Friends, I want to share a conversation with you that I had with a few friends. But before I tell you the details I want to mention that the one who started the conversation called us eco warriors, which I partly love because it captures the heroic energy that we try to bring to… Continue Reading

Yoga of Joy

Yoga of Joy

Dear Friends, As I mentioned a couple of newsletters ago, I recently got licensed as a psychotherapist. What I didn’t mention is that the licensing process, especially in the end, was grueling. At a few points I got pretty down. In some of those moments I managed to slow down, go inward, and ask myself… Continue Reading

What heals

What heals

Dear Friends, Recently I went on a retreat with some fellow therapists who are also close friends. It was a deep and thoroughly safe space. As the retreat went on, I was impressed by how much each of us healed. During a few especially poignant moments I asked myself how we heal. The answer was… Continue Reading

Reflections on the longest night of the year

Reflections on the longest night of the year

Dear Friends, Happy winter solstice! I, for one, am really excited that we are now headed toward the light. Winter solstice, the holidays, and new year’s often make us reflect on a lot. So I thought I’d share with you a truly inspiring piece of writing that I came across. It guides us toward what… Continue Reading

The Full Moon

The Full Moon

Dear Friends, It has been a while since I have written a newsletter. I have been pouring all of my energy into studying for my final licensing exams. I passed them both! (Thank you, I will take a bow now… and a nap.) Now I feel inspired to share a Zen teaching with you in… Continue Reading

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