Dr. Dan Siegel offers some revolutionary strategies when it comes to developing the child's mind. Check out below the 6 steps he provides to build kindness and resilience in children. (Follow the links at the end of each video to view the next step)Chapter 1: The Opportunity to Build the Circuits of Kindness and Resilience more
There are few universal pursuits in life, but if you were to name one it might just be the pursuit of happiness. As the Dalai Lama says, "The purpose of our lives is to be happy." Yet unhappiness is prevalent throughout the world and for many there is a great mystery surrounding what causes this unhappiness. more
In 2009, Dr. Adele Diamond shared the stage with His Holiness the Dalai Lama to talk about the importance of instilling compassion in children. Here's a small clip from that event. If you'd like to get a chance to ask Dr. more
UBC Professor Adele Diamond is interviewed by Fanny Kiefer on Shaw TV's Studio 4 in Vancouver and discusses her upcoming presentation -- Nourishing the Body, Spirit & Mind -- as well as her work at the UBC in its Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience Program. more
"Without them you are at the mercy of impulse, of old habits of thought or action, and of stimuli in the environment that pull you this way or that." more
The world has lost a peacemaker. The Dalai Lama Center has lost a supporter. The Dalai Lama has lost a great friend.On December 18, at the age of 75, Vaclav Havel passed away. The last president of Czechoslovakia and first president of the Czech Republic, Havel was the playwright-cum-politician who led the Velvet Revolution that ended Communist rule in his eastern European nation. more
It's been five years since Coquitlam's Anjali Appadurai shared the stage in Vancouver with the Dalai Lama to talk about how we can nurture compassion. It's now 2011, and 21-year-old Anjali has just left the stage at the UN Climate Change Conference in Durban and she's still talking about compassion. more
