How Japanese Wisdom Helped Me Grieve My Pet (Oprah Daily)
I wrote for Oprah Daily about how Japanese wisdom helped me say goodbye to my beloved dog, Mac. “Spring brought the sakura cherry blossoms, quintessential symbols of impermanence, their impending absence integral to their loveliness. In this season of beauty and sadness, Mac showed me another dimension of wabi-sabi: how to accept fading and mortality.”
A Talk with Elizabeth Gilbert: Finding Freedom in the Flow of Life (Tricycle)
I talked with Elizabeth Gilbert about the challenges of writing All the Way to the River, coming into alignment with her true nature, and why she isn’t done learning and growing. This is the latest in my Tricycle interview series about Tibetan bardo and the art of living: Between-States: Conversations About Bardo and Life. The conversations look at acceptance, interconnectedness, and impermanence in relation to children and parents, marriage and friendship, and work and creativity. Guests include Anderson Cooper, Katherine May, Cheryl Strayed, Malcolm Gladwell, Julia Alvarez, Maggie Smith, Yiyun Li, Isabel Allende, David Sedaris, Dani Shapiro, Edwidge Danticat, Sylvia Boorstein, Melissa Febos, John McPhee, and Mohsin Hamid.
Ancient Tibetan Wisdom for Life’s Constant Changes (Next Big Idea Club)
Ann Tashi Slater shares five key insights from her new book, Traveling in Bardo: The Art of Living in an Impermanent World, for the Next Big Idea Club. Slater’s book has been selected as a “Must-Read” by the Club, which is co-curated by Malcolm Gladwell, Susan Cain, Daniel Pink, and Adam Grant.
Ann Tashi Slater Teaches Us How to Live in an Impermanent World (Princeton Alumni Weekly)
Ann Tashi Slater is a “Featured Author” in Princeton Alumni Weekly. Read an excerpt from her new book, TRAVELING IN BARDO: “Life brings change, whether it’s a new stage, such as becoming a parent or moving to another city, or the loss of someone we love, growing old, or our own death. This book is about how we can find deeper meaning and fresh direction in a world where transitions are not only inevitable but can come at any moment…”
Practicing Death to Live More Fully (Tricycle)
An excerpt from my discussion with Tricycle editor-in-chief James Shaheen on the "Tricycle Talks" podcast. We talked about the legends surrounding the bardo teachings, how attention shapes our reality, and what The Tibetan Book of the Dead can teach us about living fully. Read here.