“How we traverse the space between us when conflict arises has a profound effect on the health and longevity of our relationships.” — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“The paradigm for our relationships is formed from our earliest experiences and is actually hardwired into our neurological and emotional network.” — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“One foundation of loving relationships is curiosity, keeping open to the idea that we have much to learn even about those we… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“Real Love may run on a lower voltage, but it’s also more grounded & sustainable.” — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“We have to know ourselves to know where we end and another person begins, and we have to develop the skills to… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“As soon as we ask whether or not a story is true in the present moment, we empower ourselves to re-frame it.” — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“Until we begin to question our basic assumptions about ourselves and view them as fluid, not fixed, it’s easy to repeat established… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“Although much of the work we do in committed relationships we do with our partners, sometimes it’s necessary to start with ourselves.” — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“When we set an intention to explore our emotional hot spots, we create a pathway to real love.” — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“When we don’t tell those we love about what’s really going on or listen carefully to what they have to say, we… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“When our focus is on seeking, perfecting, or clinging to romance, the charge is often generated by instability, rather than by an… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“Only when we start to distinguish reality from fantasy that we can humbly, with eyes wide open, forge loving and sustainable connections… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“Mindfulness won’t ensure you’ll win an argument with your sister. Mindfulness won’t enable you to bypass your feelings of anger or hurt… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“Buddhist teachings discourage us from clinging and grasping to those we hold dear, and from trying to control the people or the… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“Maybe what we really need is to change our relationship to what is, to see who we are with the strength of… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“Whatever language we use use to describe healthy relationships, when we’re in them, we feel nourished by them, in body as well… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“Often in close relationships, the subject being discussed is not the subject at all.” — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“What makes awe such a powerful call to love is that it’s disruptive. It sneaks up on us. It doesn’t ask our… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“Forgiveness can be bittersweet. It contains the sweetness of the release of a story that has caused us pain, but also the… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“The key in letting go is practice. Each time we let go, we disentangle ourselves from our expectations and begin to experience… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“A particularly difficult line to navigate is the one between fear and love, especially for parents, who want more than anything to… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“The more we identify and acknowledge moments when we’re unable to share in someone else’s pleasure and ask ourselves whether another person’s… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“Cultivating loving kindness for ourselves is the foundation of real love for our friends and family, for new people we encounter in… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
Some things hurt, you know, and there's pain. But we magnify the suffering of it often, I think, by our reactions. — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“How we traverse the space between us when conflict arises has a profound effect on the health and longevity of our relationships.” — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“Even when we do our very best to treat those close to us with utmost respect and understanding, conflict happens. That’s life. That’s human… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“Loving ourselves calls us to give up the illusion that we can control everything and focuses us on building our inner resource of resilience.” — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
In order to do anything about the suffering of the world we must have the strength to face it without turning away. — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“When we believe a wounding story, our whole world is diminished.” — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“The paradigm for our relationships is formed from our earliest experiences and is actually hardwired into our neurological and emotional network.” — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
Vulnerability in the face of constant change is what we share, whatever our present condition. — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“Asking questions is an opportunity for creativity and personal expression, both for the person asking and the person answering.” — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
Compassion isn't morose; it's something replenishing and opening; that's why it makes us happy. — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“When we open our hearts to the breadth of our experiences, we learn to tune into our needs, unique perceptions, thoughts & feelings” — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“As we explore new ways of loving and being loved by others, we need to equip ourselves with open, pliant minds; we need to… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
