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  • Limited Edition Tiny Buddha “Be the Change” Shirts

    Limited Edition Tiny Buddha “Be the Change” Shirts

    Hi friends! Earlier this week I sent an email about the limited edition “Be the Change” shirts, which will be available until November 20th.

    For those of you who missed that email, here’s a quick recap:

    I launched this campaign both to time with the holidays and also to fund a series of mini documentaries I plan to film early next year.

    These mini docs will feature inspiring people who are making a positive difference through unique, creative paths. I plan to film these in the spring, in partnership with my co-producer, Ehren Prudhel, and share them shortly after on Tiny Buddha’s social media pages.

    If there’s one thing we need right now, it’s a reminder that there’s a lot of good in the world, and that we can all make a tremendous difference by choosing to “be the change.”

    You can choose a tee, V-neck, tank, hoodie, or 3/4 sleeve shirt, in sizes XS to 5XL for some styles.

    Grab your shirt here, and please share if you think your friends would appreciate this as well!

  • Limited Edition “Choose Peace” Shirt Supporting the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention

    Limited Edition “Choose Peace” Shirt Supporting the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention

    If this seems like deja vu, that’s because I first shared this post last week. I’m republishing it today because there’s one week left to grab a limited edition “Choose Peace” shirt.

    A portion of the proceeds will go to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, the nation’s largest non-profit dedicated to saving lives and bringing hope to those affected by suicide.

    People often take their lives when they’re struggling with a mental illness, and their stressors surpass their coping skills. Many people suffer in silence because they’re too afraid, embarrassed, or resigned to seek help.

    AFSP funds research to improve interventions, train clinicians in suicide prevention, and advocate for policy that will save lives. The organization also offers help and support for those who’ve lost a loved one to suicide.

    As someone who’s seen firsthand the consequences of undiagnosed and untreated mental health issues, I couldn’t be more passionate about this cause.

    You can choose from five styles—including a fitted tee, racerback tank, and a hoodie—with sizes ranging from XS to 5XL (for some styles).

     

    Don’t see the button? Visit https://represent.com/tinybuddha to place your order. Have an idea or request for a future shirt? Leave a comment and let me know!

    *This campaign has now ended, but I’ve since added this shirt to the Tiny Buddha store. You can find it at the bottom of the page here.

  • Limited Edition “Just Breathe” Shirt Supporting Project Happiness (Last Day!)

    Limited Edition “Just Breathe” Shirt Supporting Project Happiness (Last Day!)

    Lori Deschene Just Breathe Shirt

    *Update: This campaign has ended. Subscribe to Tiny Buddha for daily or weekly emails, and to learn about future shirt campaigns!”

    Happy almost New Year, friends!

    As you may remember, I originally launched a two-week shirt campaign, supporting the David Lynch Foundation, in November. Over 700 people ordered a shirt then, but many of you emailed asking me to relaunch the campaign, so I did! If you’d like to order a “Just Breathe” shirt, hoodie, or pullover, today is the last day to do so.

    This time, a portion of the proceeds will go to the non-profit Project Happiness.

    I first learned about Project Happiness in 2009, when I attended their Cirque de Happiness fundraiser event.

    Their main purpose is to provide students with tools and wisdom, based on positive psychology and neuroscientific research, to create authentic happiness. They work hands-on with kids of all ages, empowering them to feel good about themselves so they can handle life’s hurdles.

    Imagine if we all learned to manage our emotions, develop resilience, and nurture a positive mindset early in life. Imagine a world full of people who recognize and nurture their strengths and feel confident enough to share them with others.

    Project Happiness is helping create such a world, and it’s an honor to support their wonderful work.

    You can choose from six styles—including a fitted tee, racerback tank, and a hoodie—with sizes ranging from XS to 5XL (for some styles).

     

    Don’t see the button? Visit https://represent.com/tinybuddha to place your order.

  • Limited Edition Tiny Buddha “Just Breathe” Shirt (Supporting the David Lynch Foundation)

    Limited Edition Tiny Buddha “Just Breathe” Shirt (Supporting the David Lynch Foundation)

    *Update: This campaign has ended. Subscribe to Tiny Buddha for daily or weekly emails, and to learn about future shirt campaigns!”

    Hi friends! For those of you who don’t know me, I’m Lori, the founder of Tiny Buddha.

    For the past two weeks, I’ve been offering a limited edition “Just Breathe” shirt, and I’ve been excited to see the response from the community! The campaign ends this Sunday, so if you’d like to grab a shirt, this is your last opportunity to do so.

    Lori Deschene Just Breathe Shirt

    A portion of the proceeds will go to the David Lynch Foundation, a nonprofit that helps prevent and eradicate trauma and toxic stress through Transcendental Meditation.

    This cause is quite dear to my heart because of the work they do to help at-risk populations, including children in low-income urban schools, veterans with PTSD, victims of domestic violence, homeless and low-income men and women, inmates in some of America’s toughest prisons, and individuals recently diagnosed with HIV.

    Meditation changes these people’s lives and helps them heal, find peace, and develop the resiliency needed to thrive in spite of their challenging circumstances. And of course, when individuals thrive, that ripples into their communities, helping us all live happier, more peaceful lives.

    You can choose from six styles—including a fitted tee, racerback tank, and a hoodie—with sizes ranging from XS to 5XL (for some styles).

     

    Don’t see the button? Visit https://represent.com/tinybuddha to place your order. Have an idea or request for a future shirt? Leave a comment and let me know!

  • When Your Beliefs Hold You Back: Release Them to Avoid Regret

    When Your Beliefs Hold You Back: Release Them to Avoid Regret

    “Waking up to who you are requires letting go of who you imagine yourself to be.” ~lan Watts   

    Do you hear voices?

    Even when you are alone, there is usually someone talking to you. And you hear them loud and clear.

    Everyone has an internal dialogue going through their heads for a large part of the day. Just because you hear these “voices” it doesn’t mean you are crazy.

    On the other hand, these voices can make you believe some crazy things.

    Most of what these voices tell you is negative. And when you hear these negative things often enough, you come to believe them.

    The worst part is that these voices speak to you in the first person, making you imagine that it’s actually your words:

    • “I’ll never be able to lose weight. I just have a slow metabolism.”
    • “Old/Bald/Fat people like me never find fulfilling relationships.”
    • “I’m not the kind of person who can start my own business—people like me just get a ‘comfortable’ job.”

    Underlying each of these statements are assumptions that restrain your behavior, or limiting beliefs. See if you can spot some.

    For a long time, I thought I had to become a professional, like a doctor, lawyer, or accountant.

    Since I was good at math, I decided to become an actuary. I was fairly content with this decision for a while.

    But despite enjoying my 10-week internship, I felt like I couldn’t handle 40+ straight years of corporate work.

    In my mind, however, it would have been a waste of my intelligence to do anything else that I wanted to do, such as writing. Plus, I craved the ego boost that comes from other people seeing me as intelligent.

    So I applied for more actuarial jobs. And I got rejected from all of them.

    While it certainly did hurt to get rejected, it forced me to choose another path for myself. (more…)

  • Freeing Yourself When You Feel Limited or Stuck

    Freeing Yourself When You Feel Limited or Stuck

    “The secret of happiness is freedom. The secret of freedom is courage.” ~Thucydides

    The society I was born in—urban, rich, conservative India—did not encourage women to make life choices for themselves. I was not given a vote in my own education, or in the choice of a husband when I turned twenty years old. These decisions were left to the family elders.

    And yet, my heart was always a bit of a free bird.

    Despite being “expected” to be a homemaker after marriage, there was always a yearning in me to be somewhere else, doing something else. I could not cook, and as a wealthy man’s wife, I had no household chores.

    All I had to pass the time were lunches with other young homemakers. And I found those boring—all that talk of mothers-in-law and school admissions. I yearned for intellectual stimulation, which neither my then husband nor these women could provide.

    Within a few years, I had two kids, no income of my own, a dysfunctional marriage, a sickly constitution, and no way out. The free bird inside me almost choked and died—until it asserted itself.

    I began writing after a hiatus of eight years. They were anguished poems, which I posted on a poetry website. The owner of the volunteer-driven portal invited me to edit the site, which I accepted, as I had nothing else to do.

    Soon, he decided to compile those poems into books and I found myself in a part-time book-editing job. Of course, the walls of my tenuous marriage began to show signs of strain.

    Then one day, out of the blue, one of the world’s biggest publishing houses offered me a full-time job—in a real office, with real colleagues, with my own seat and computer, reading books all day. It was mind-blowing. How could I resist?

    As expected, the family did not take it well. My marriage deteriorated into shouting fests and suicide attempts.

    My in-laws complained to my parents about their wayward daughter who wanted to work in a petty job despite having all the money in the world. Why couldn’t I just be happy with all that I had, everyone wondered.

    Within a few months, though, something happened. A colleague at work introduced me to Buddhism. That, and the idea of having my own paycheck and designation, gave me an identity, an inner strength, and an opening of the eyes. I felt like I had just been born.

    Around me, things were falling apart; inside me, they were falling together for the first time in my life. (more…)

  • 6 Tips to Tame Negative Thoughts (So You Can Live a Less Limited Life)

    6 Tips to Tame Negative Thoughts (So You Can Live a Less Limited Life)

    “You are your choices.” ~Seneca

    Lately I‘ve been feeling a bit down in the dumps. A few things have happened at work to make me feel like nothing’s going my way.

    I’m guessing that pretty much everyone experiences weeks like this from time to time. You know, where it feels like the whole world is against you. No matter what you do, nothing goes right.

    This has been my life for the past few weeks.

    And my initial reaction was to feel sorry for myself. To retreat to the safety of self-pity where nothing’s my fault—it’s simply the world ganging up on me.

    And then like a lightening strike out of the blue, amidst my dark cloud of pity I had an epiphany:

    I have a choice. 

    Instead of reacting in a way that renders me helpless, I have the choice to pick myself up, dust myself off, and turn those negative thoughts into positive ones.

    When it comes to filtering our thoughts, even though at times it may not feel like it, we do have a choice.

    Just because some of our thoughts are negative doesn’t mean we have to listen to them.

    Did you know that our brains produce 70,000 thoughts every single day? Just imagine trying to take action on every single thought—all 70,000 of them. It would be pretty much impossible, right?

    In fact we actively “filter” our thoughts pretty much all the time. Our brains are constantly deciding which thoughts are useful and which ones to ignore. So when a negative thought pops into our heads, we do actually have a choice.

    Either we listen to the thought and allow it to trigger a whole host of other negative thoughts, or we decide that we have better things to do in life and we ignore it. (more…)