Category Archives: Mindfulness

Mindfulness and Depression

by Chris Lemig Posted on January 3, 2013

How mindfulness practices can help ease the pain of depression. An old one from elephant journal. A friend of mine is one of the 20 million Americans struggling with a long stretch of depression today. I know what she’s going … Continue reading →

Posted in Depression, Meditation, Mindfulness | Tagged Addiction, Coming Out, depression, Happiness, lgbt, LGBTQ issues, Meditation, mental health, Mindfulness, self help | Leave a comment

When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Let Go

by Chris Lemig Posted on November 20, 2011

I’m having kind of a rough morning. Now by rough I don’t mean that I’m being tortured or imprisoned or forced to do things against my will. I’m just having a hard time with me getting out of the way … Continue reading →

Posted in Buddhism, Mindfulness, Practical Buddhism | Tagged Buddhism, Coming Out Memoir, daily practice, Emptiness, Gay Buddhism, gay memoir, Gay Spirituality, Impermanence, Mindfulness, spirituality, The Narrow Way, Tibetan Buddhism | Leave a comment

Not So Simple

by Chris Lemig Posted on November 4, 2011

Someone left a comment on an elephant journal post the other day asking if it was better to allow things and people to just be as they are or if we should try to actively help them become “better”. It’s a … Continue reading →

Posted in Bodhicitta, Buddhism, Mindfulness, Uncategorized | Tagged Addiction, Bodhicitta, Buddhism, Coming Out, compassion, gay memoir, intervention, Mindfulness, Recovery | 2 Comments

It’s Up To Me

by Chris Lemig Posted on August 5, 2011

Last night a flash of anger as Bill said, “Hey Chris, you forgot the seasoning on the prime rib.” Then he just shut the doors of the stove and walked away. It was true. I did forget the seasoning. But … Continue reading →

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Nowhere

by Chris Lemig Posted on May 30, 2011

I am sitting with some dharma friends at the Inner Space in downtown Colorado Springs. We are doing our usual Sunday morning shamatha, or calm abiding, meditation practice. We sit for forty minutes but thirty minutes in, I realize I … Continue reading →

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Fresh

by Chris Lemig Posted on May 23, 2011

Yesterday I wrote a poem and posted it here. Today I deleted it. I fretted about it at work last night, broke out in a clammy sweat as I re-read it in my mind. “Oh God!” I thought “It’s terrible! … Continue reading →

Posted in Coming Out, Mindfulness, Recovery | Tagged Addiction, Buddhism, Coming Out, Coming Out Memoir, Recovery, waking up | Leave a comment

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