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BEYOND SNAP JUDGEMENT
In our relationships, whether romantic, familial, or professional, we often find ourselves standing at the crossroads between “judgement” and understanding. How they intersect is key. “Judgement” is quick, reactive, and often rooted in fear or assumptions....
THE MOST DIFFICULT QUESTION: CAN YOU FORGIVE ME?
I have spent years wrestling with the hardest questions life can throw at us. “Can you forgive me?” stands above all...
CONFRONTING FEAR
There is a quiet epidemic among us. It is not one of illness, but of emotional retreat. Many of us live behind walls...
LIFE’S CRUCIBLES
Predictably, we all experience moments in life where everything we thought we knew begins to unravel. Some appear as...
FINDING COMPASSION IN CLOSURE
I am predictably typical. The proof rests in the fact that most of my life experiences have found a haven of...
ACKNOWLEDGING LIFE’S PAPERCLIPS
This uninterrupted thought followed today's conversation: I have learned from a long line of teachers, students, and...
LEVELS of COMFORT
For the past few days, I have been huddled in my writing space compiling mental notes targeting the comforts of life –...
INTERNAL EMPATHY
When examining the resentment and ill will that surround my world, I have one safe strategy. I try to select a time...
FORGIVENESS
Without a deep personal commitment to self-forgiveness, we are destined to be chained to our past actions. It is not...
EVERBODY HURTS SOMETIMES
The Sanskrit word, dukkha, has always brought both confusion and insight into the way I have viewed life. I have...
About Bud Megargee
Bud Megargee is a former senior behavioral healthcare executive; a Washington, DC., healthcare lobbyist; and an independently published, best-selling and award-winning author. He began writing after exploring Eastern philosophy and alternative medicine techniques in the professional treatment of emotional challenges at a Taiwanese Buddhist monastery.