Support from professionals, friends, and community kept me afloat, but the Buddha’s teachings helped me rebuild. This is a story of healing through impermanence and compassion.
The Buddha valued companionship as the whole of spiritual life. Seeking guidance—from friends, teachers, or therapists—is a step towards clarity, not away from it.
“I still party. I still laugh. I just don’t drink.”
Turns out, saying no doesn’t mean saying goodbye to fun—it means saying yes to peace.
Venerable Haemin discusses his first two books Love for Imperfect Things and The Things You Can Only See When You Slow Down, providing insight to his creative process, motivations, and advise on wellbeing.
Through reflecting on four years of online dating marked by ghosting, doubt, and unmet hopes with the guidance of the Dhamma, Anon finds clarity, learns to let go of expectations to suffer less and live better.
