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October 3, 2025
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Oren Jay Sofer
Say What You Mean: Tools to Build Bridges

Conversations unravel fast. Learn skills that make the difference.

Say What You Mean: Tools to Build Bridges
September 19, 2025
Practice
Oren Jay Sofer
Finding Your Roots in the Storm

How do we keep our hearts open and balanced when so much is out of our hands? A reflection on equanimity and the small acts that help us stay grounded and connected.

Finding Your Roots in the Storm
May 13, 2025
Practice
Oren Jay Sofer
The Power of Wise Speech in a Fractured World

What we say—and how we listen—matters more than ever. Even amidst conflict or collapse, the way we speak can be a refuge, a bridge, a seed of something new.

The Power of Wise Speech in a Fractured World
March 7, 2025
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Oren Jay Sofer
Love as the Practice of Our Time

In uncertain times, love becomes our greatest refuge and source of strength. Love is something we return to inwardly, again and again.

Love as the Practice of Our Time
January 6, 2025
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Oren Jay Sofer
Starting the Year with Clarity and Intention

This reflection practice on beginning the new year offers a potent way to step back, nourish wisdom, and recommit to our values.

Starting the Year with Clarity and Intention
Oren Jay Sofer
October 1, 2018
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Making Time to Meditate, Part 1

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October 1, 2018
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Making Time to Meditate, Part 1

If you’ve ever had a daily meditation practice, and ever stopped, chance are one of these things may be at play…

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Oren Jay Sofer
September 25, 2018
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Five Mindfulness Tools for Pain

Oren Jay Sofer
September 25, 2018
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Five Mindfulness Tools for Pain

Pain is a universal, human experience. This post shares a flexible set of tools to find inner balance and transform our relationship to pain.

Tagged: Meditation

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Oren Jay Sofer
September 15, 2018
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Making Time to Meditate, Part 2

Oren Jay Sofer
September 15, 2018
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Making Time to Meditate, Part 2

A three-step process for gaining momentum in meditation to receive the benefits of a steady, daily practice.

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Oren Jay Sofer
August 22, 2018
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How to Get to Sleep More Easily

Oren Jay Sofer
August 22, 2018
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How to Get to Sleep More Easily

Top tips on getting to sleep more easily, with some new meditations in the 10% Happier App.

Tagged: Resilience, Meditation

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Oren Jay Sofer
June 1, 2018
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Transforming Bias

Oren Jay Sofer
June 1, 2018
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Transforming Bias

Mindfulness practice is a radical investigation of being human. As mindfulness practitioners, we can seek to transform the internal systems that fuel suffering.

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Oren Jay Sofer
March 3, 2018
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Broadening the Conversation: Gun Violence, Masculinity and Being Vulnerable

Oren Jay Sofer
March 3, 2018
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Broadening the Conversation: Gun Violence, Masculinity and Being Vulnerable

An exploration of the connection between gun violence, gender, and societal norms of masculinity.

Tagged: Communication

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Oren Jay Sofer
February 10, 2018
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Reclaiming Love

Oren Jay Sofer
February 10, 2018
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Reclaiming Love

There is a wholesome value at the core of Valentine’s Day. But it’s a value that needs to be reclaimed. The reduction of love to a romantic feeling compounds the sense of disempowerment and spiritual impoverishment that is endemic in modern society.

Tagged: Meditation

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Oren Jay Sofer
January 6, 2018
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The Craft of Mindfulness

Oren Jay Sofer
January 6, 2018
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The Craft of Mindfulness

The start of the calendar year offers the opportunity to begin anew and reorient our lives in line with our deeper intentions. It’s also a good time to return to the basics of mindfulness practice and lay a solid foundation.

Tagged: Meditation, Foundations

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Oren Jay Sofer
December 18, 2017
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Ending the Year with Wisdom

Oren Jay Sofer
December 18, 2017
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Ending the Year with Wisdom

As the year draws to a close, it's a natural time to reflect back and look forward. Try this guided reflection to develop wisdom and start the year in the right direction.

Tagged: Meditation

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Oren Jay Sofer
November 23, 2017
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Finding our Voice, Transforming Helplessness

Oren Jay Sofer
November 23, 2017
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Finding our Voice, Transforming Helplessness

One of the most pervasive challenges we face today as a species is overcoming the feeling of helplessness. It’s a learned sensation, which means it can be unlearned.

Tagged: Communication

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Oren Jay Sofer
November 8, 2017
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Three Steps to Nourishing Gratitude

Oren Jay Sofer
November 8, 2017
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Three Steps to Nourishing Gratitude

Gratitude reveals the treasure of an all too often forgotten word: enough. Gratitude practice runs counter to our culture of consumption, competition, and achievement.

Tagged: Meditation

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Oren Jay Sofer
November 1, 2017
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The Practice of Mindful Communication

Oren Jay Sofer
November 1, 2017
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The Practice of Mindful Communication

Discover the three foundations that make communication a path of awareness.

Tagged: Communication, Communicate

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Oren Jay Sofer
September 11, 2017
Poetry

Half-Life

Oren Jay Sofer
September 11, 2017
Poetry
Half-Life

Join me in reflecting on the preciousness of human life, the delusion of separation, and our common humanity. Through meditation and contemplation we can access greater wisdom, love and compassion.

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Oren Jay Sofer
September 11, 2017
Poetry

Water

Oren Jay Sofer
September 11, 2017
Poetry
Water

Water is a powerful metaphor for the mind and the practice of the Dharma. Taoists liken the water to the Way (Tao), because of its innate properties.

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Oren Jay Sofer
August 26, 2017
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Bringing Mindfulness Back to School

Oren Jay Sofer
August 26, 2017
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Bringing Mindfulness Back to School

For those working with youth, reflections and a guided meditation on using mindfulness to start the school year off with clarity, purpose, and care.

Tagged: Meditation

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Oren Jay Sofer
June 30, 2017
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The Three Most Common Pitfalls in Nonviolent Communication

Oren Jay Sofer
June 30, 2017
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The Three Most Common Pitfalls in Nonviolent Communication

Understand where we often get stuck — and how to stay balanced and authentic instead.

Tagged: Communication, Communicate

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Oren Jay Sofer
May 5, 2017
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The Necessity of Joy

Oren Jay Sofer
May 5, 2017
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The Necessity of Joy

To do any kind of real work requires both external and internal resources. We need resilience to face pain, strength to persevere through challenge. There’s nothing quite like joy to bring resilience and strength to the heart.

Tagged: Meditation, Resilience

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Oren Jay Sofer
February 3, 2017
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What's Mindfulness Got to Do with Politics?

Oren Jay Sofer
February 3, 2017
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What's Mindfulness Got to Do with Politics?

As great forces of change, divergent views, and protests sweep across the country, I share reflections how mindfulness practice can help us to meet and respond to current events.

Tagged: Meditation

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Oren Jay Sofer
January 28, 2017
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Inner Listening for the Revolution

Oren Jay Sofer
January 28, 2017
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Inner Listening for the Revolution

As we rise up to meet the challenges of our times, our ability to care for and nourish ourselves has never been more important. At its core, mindfulness can be understood as a practice of deep, whole-hearted listening.

Tagged: Meditation, Communication

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December 10, 2016
Practice

The Practice of Walking

Oren Jay Sofer
December 10, 2016
Practice
The Practice of Walking


When we walk with full awareness, our locomotion can soothe our hearts and train our minds to dwell more completely in the present.

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