“The Authentic Self is Never Lost.” Gabor Maté on Stress and Recovery
Physician Gabor Maté tells us that the more we comprehend this thing we call stress, the less we need to be its victim.
Category: Sanctuary
A Little Survival Kit for Troubled Times
Skills for self-care are more important than ever. In this essay, life coach and author Brad Stulberg offers five great coping strategies.
“Trauma is What Happens Inside You” : The Healing Insights of Dr. Gabor Maté
Gabor Maté, M.D., discusses addiction, stress, and how to seek and honor your own truth.
“Chan Chan”: Playing for Change
Hearing these virtuoso Cuban musicians would be enough to brighten anyone’s day. But here, they’re joined by peers in Mali, Japan, Lebanon, and Br…
Good Thoughts and Wishes from Annie Highwater
A stocking-sized collection of thoughts on compassion and self-care to help us close out the year.
“I Know That in the Darkness I’m Alright”
Millions have heard Coldplay in stadiums around the world, but seriously, have they ever sounded better? Not a bad lunch break. Not a bad way to be…
¡Ay Qué Rica La Música!
In this intimate, mostly acoustic performance, the 24-year-old sensation leans deeper than ever into the Latin traditions that always inform her music…
The Art of Not Wasting a Day
William Prince writes music that evokes both a somber awareness of how we travel from loss to loss and a deep, pensive joy in being alive.
Can’t Stand Still
Sometimes when things get really tough, the fates send a messenger like Jon Batiste to remind us that the world’s full of light.
Warriors of Song
Trauma is not a competition—you can’t label one person’s experience as meaningful and another’s less so—but we can all agree that the trauma…