Wild Heart Detroit

This week Olivia explores the first of the Eight Worldly Winds — gain and loss — and how these natural shifts shape our relationships and sense of self during the holiday season. As gatherings pull us into shared spaces, we’re often met with the winds of change: connection and distance, abundance and absence. Drawing from the Buddha’s teaching on impermanence, Olivia invites reflection on how...

This week Olivia explores the first of the Eight Worldly Winds — gain and loss — and how these natural shifts shape our relationships and sense of self during the holiday season. As gatherings pull us into shared spaces, we’re often met with the winds of change: connection and distance, abundance and absence. Drawing from the Buddha’s teaching on impermanence, Olivia invites reflection on how...

In this final talk of the Multiplicity Within series, Andrew explores the ghosts, demons, and bandits that haunt the landscapes of the mind — and how awareness transforms them into teachers. Through three ancient Buddhist stories — the monks in the haunted forest, Angulimāla the bandit, and the Buddha’s night under attack by Māra — we see how even fear, violence, and illusion can become doorways...

In this final talk of the Multiplicity Within series, Andrew explores the ghosts, demons, and bandits that haunt the landscapes of the mind — and how awareness transforms them into teachers. Through three ancient Buddhist stories — the monks in the haunted forest, Angulimāla the bandit, and the Buddha’s night under attack by Māra — we see how even fear, violence, and illusion can become doorways...

In this talk, we continue to explore multiplicity within and how parts are birthed through clinging and the cost of that clinging. We again see how the language of Internal Family Systems (IFS) and Buddhist meditation overlap. We explore how non-self and non-attachment can lead to clarity in relation to our inner identities. Prompt: What is a part of your life you wish could stay the same...

In this talk, we continue to explore multiplicity within and how parts are birthed through clinging and the cost of that clinging. We again see how the language of Internal Family Systems (IFS) and Buddhist meditation overlap. We explore how non-self and non-attachment can lead to clarity in relation to our inner identities. Prompt: What is a part of your life you wish could stay the same...

In this talk, we explore how the language of Internal Family Systems (IFS) and Buddhist meditation both point toward the same inner truth — the natural wisdom that arises when the mind is no longer entangled in struggle. Through the lens of the 8 C’s of Self and the Seven Factors of Awakening, we explore how qualities like calmness, curiosity, and compassion support the mind in unblending from...

In this talk, we explore how the language of Internal Family Systems (IFS) and Buddhist meditation both point toward the same inner truth — the natural wisdom that arises when the mind is no longer entangled in struggle. Through the lens of the 8 C’s of Self and the Seven Factors of Awakening, we explore how qualities like calmness, curiosity, and compassion support the mind in unblending from...

This week we are focused on befriending our "protector" parts with compassion using the lens of Buddhist practice, specifically karuna (compassion) and upekkha (equanimity). The practice involves learning to relate to your inner parts with balance and wisdom, understanding that they arise from a place of care, not harm. By turning towards these parts instead of pushing them away, they can relax,...

This week we are focused on befriending our "protector" parts with compassion using the lens of Buddhist practice, specifically karuna (compassion) and upekkha (equanimity). The practice involves learning to relate to your inner parts with balance and wisdom, understanding that they arise from a place of care, not harm. By turning towards these parts instead of pushing them away, they can relax,...