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How to Get Unstuck in Life — Lessons on Love from Sharon Salzberg, Meditation Pioneer

Dec 24, 2025
Join Sharon Salzberg, a leading teacher of mindfulness and bestselling author, as she explores the transformative power of love and kindness. She emphasizes love as a trainable ability, reshaping our relationship with compassion. Discover why self-kindness outperforms harsh critique and how loving-kindness can enhance high-performance teams. Sharon also guides a practical loving-kindness meditation to help you foster connection and resilience. Her insights remind us of our capacity for growth and the importance of discerning fear with kindness.
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INSIGHT

Hatred Is Overcome By Love

  • Sharon Salzberg argues hatred never ceases by hatred and only ceases by love.
  • She treats love as an enduring principle that can transform division and distrust.
ANECDOTE

Isolation Prompted A Return To Essentials

  • Salzberg recounts isolating at her retreat center during early 2020 and asking, "What's still true?"
  • She turned inward to practice and anchored to meditation and the principle that love counters hatred.
INSIGHT

Love As An Inner Ability

  • Salzberg reframes love as an ability rather than a feeling tied to others' actions.
  • Viewing love as an inner capacity returns agency to the individual to nurture and express it.
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