Margaret Meloni, PhD

You are an animal lover! Did you know there are stories about animals that will help to guide you on your spiritual path?What if the Buddha's journey to enlightenment began not as a man, but as a monkey, a fish, a bird, or a king? The ancient Jātaka...

Change Is Coming - Are You Ready to Laugh Along?They say, "Man plans and God laughs" - or if you prefer,"Humans plan, and karma laughs." Either way, the punchline is thesame: change is coming, whether we like it or not.Everything around you is in flux...

Grief is hard. Buddhist wisdom is here to help you. Gently guiding you through what you can expect to experience, and providing you with reflections, meditations, and insights to help you on your grief journey. This is not offering a magical solution...

You wouldn't demand a broken bone heal by lunchtime - so why expect it of your heart? Difficult days don't need you to get tougher. They need gentleness. Start with just one short meditation.You've spent all day trying to hold it together. Here's your...

Nothing lasts forever - and maybe that's exactly what makes it all matter.Sit with the tender truth of impermanence through a collection of shortstories about the people who pass through our lives: the ones we loved deeply,the ones we struggled to...

Discover the timeless wisdom that has inspired millions for over 2,500 years. The Heart of Buddhism is an engaging and accessible guide to one of the world's most influential spiritual traditions. Journey into the life of the Buddha, explore the core...

Your partner has died. Now, you are walking through one of the hardestseasons of your life.Here's what no one tells you: grief doesn't happen alone. It happenssurrounded by people - some who will astonish you with their kindness, andothers who will...

What if the bravest thing you could do tonight isn't solving anything at all - but simply admitting, "Today was hard," and letting that be the whole truth?We spend our days fixing: inboxes, mistakes, moods, ourselves. But here's a quiet secret nobody...