Our latest dharma talk is now available on the GBF website, podcast and YouTube channel:
Cultivating Equanimity – Beth Mulligan
How can we cultivate a mind that stays steady, open, and responsive even when life becomes unpredictable?
In this talk, Beth Mulligan explores equanimity as a living practice rather than a distant ideal. She frames equanimity as the quiet strength that allows a person to meet experience without collapsing into overwhelm or tightening into resistance. Speaking with warmth and clarity, she describes how this quality grows not through detachment, but through intimacy with our own moment‑to‑moment experience—especially the parts we’d rather avoid.
Beth highlights several practical doorways into equanimity, each grounded in mindfulness and compassion. She explains how the mind’s habitual reactions can soften when we learn to recognize them early, and she offers simple ways to steady attention when emotions surge. Key themes include:
- Understanding the difference between indifference and balanced presence
- Recognizing the “eight worldly winds” and how they shape reactivity
- Using the body as an anchor when the mind becomes turbulent
- Allowing joy and difficulty with equal care
The result is a talk that invites listeners to see equanimity not as a final achievement, but as a trustworthy companion that grows each time we meet our lives with honesty and kindness.
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