In a time of multiple existential crises, in a world of increasing fear and conflict, our tender hearts struggle to stay steady in the values we most cherish. We want to be generous, kind, understanding. We want to be encouraging to others, and especially to our children and the young people in our lives. But many of us are so weary in watching the troubling events of the world, especially as their impacts hit closer to home, that we struggle to keep our own light aflame, let alone help others do so. And we live with foreboding about the future.

Join international Dharma teacher Catherine Ingram for this intimate session to speak about these matters and explore ways to use our attention—and our intentionality—to find courage in hard times. We will also invite the possibility of living more often in the quietness of heart that underlies all thoughts, activities, or fears, despite the chaos of the world: a quietness that is there within you, even as you read these words.

“We have an accident, a loss, a diagnosis, and our only chance for sanity in the process is to expand our awareness to allow the difficulty, and to respond with awakened intelligence.” – Catherine Ingram

About Catherine Ingram

Catherine Ingram is an author and international dharma teacher. She currently serves on the boards of Living Dharma (as founder and president), and of Global Animal (an animal rights organization) and Resilient Byron, which is organizing emergency as well as regenerative plans for the shires of Byron Bay and Ballina. As a former journalist, she specialized in issues of consciousness and activism and published over a hundred articles and interviews on those subjects. Since 1991, Catherine has led Dharma Dialogues and silent retreats throughout the world. She produces a bi-monthly podcast called In the Deep with Catherine Ingram, which is recorded from live sessions of Dharma Dialogues. In addition to her two books of nonfiction and one novel, Catherine is the author of the long-form essay "Facing Extinction," which has had more than a million downloads since its publication in 2019.