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Heartfelt questions and compassionate responses on how to cultivate mindful, healthy, and balanced relationships rooted in understanding and love.

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Chapter August 29, 2013 • English
How Can We Hold Our Despair When Military Action Is Escalated
From the talk "Questions and Answers: The Art of Suffering" by Thich Nhat Hanh, Sangha Member, Monastic
5m
Chapter July 15, 2002 • English
Where Do I Draw the Line in Difficult Relationships?
From the talk "Questions and Answers" by Thich Nhat Hanh, Sangha Member
5m
Chapter May 3, 2012 • French
How Can I Free Myself from the Grip of a Painful Past?
From the talk "Questions and Answers" by Thich Nhat Hanh, Sangha Member, Frère Pháp Linh, Sœur Chân Không
4m
Chapter May 3, 2012 • French
I am Afraid of Love, How Can I Open My Heart to Love?
From the talk "Questions and Answers" by Thich Nhat Hanh, Sangha Member, Frère Pháp Linh, Sœur Chân Không
11m
Chapter June 6, 2006 • English
How can I handle the intense heartache that comes from longing for a partner?
From the talk "Questions and Answers" by Thich Nhat Hanh, Sangha Member
9m
Chapter April 9, 2000 • English
How Do I Care for Burnout in Myself and in the Workplace?
From the talk "Questions and Answers" by Thich Nhat Hanh, Sangha Member
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Chapter June 3, 1998 • English
How Can I Overcome My Achievement Addiction At Work?
From the talk "Questions & Answers" by Thich Nhat Hanh, Sangha Member
10m
Chapter July 12, 2009 • English
How Do I Integrate Mindfulness Into a Productivity-Driven Workplace?
From the talk "Questions and Answers" by Thich Nhat Hanh, Sangha Member
16m
Chapter August 25, 2006 • English
While Using Our Minds at Work, How Do We Stay Rooted in Being?
From the talk "Questions and Answers" by Thich Nhat Hanh, Sangha Member
25m
Chapter August 11, 1999 • English
How Should I Handle My Feelings of Loneliness As a Single Person Living Alone?
From the talk "Summer Retreat Questions and Answers" by Thich Nhat Hanh, Sangha Member
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Chapter July 15, 2002 • English
How Can I Connect With My Ancestors As an Adopted Child?
From the talk "Questions and Answers" by Thich Nhat Hanh, Sangha Member
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Chapter June 20, 2006 • English
How Can I Find Peace in My Eating Habits
From the talk "Questions and Answers" by Thich Nhat Hanh, Sangha Member
11m
Chapter June 7, 2000 • English
How Do I Hold a Loved One Close When Our Different Religious Practices Pull Us Apart?
From the talk "Questions and Answers" by Thich Nhat Hanh, Sangha Member
6m
Chapter August 25, 2006 • English
How Do I Give My Teenage Son Space While Still Offering Love and Guidance?
From the talk "Questions and Answers" by Thich Nhat Hanh, Sangha Member
5m
Chapter August 29, 2013 • English
How Do I Practice Joyfully With Physical Limitations and Pain As We Grow Older?
From the talk "Questions and Answers: The Art of Suffering" by Thich Nhat Hanh, Sangha Member, Monastic
9m
Chapter July 12, 2009 • English
Is It Ever Okay To Use Violence To Protect Yourself Or Loved Ones?
From the talk "Questions and Answers" by Thich Nhat Hanh, Sangha Member
7m
Chapter October 31, 1999 • English
Can Mindfulness Training Be Brought Into Elementary and High Schools To Prevent Violence?
From the talk "Business Retreat Questions and Answers" by Thich Nhat Hanh, Sangha Member
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Chapter July 12, 2008 • English
How can I guide my rebellious fourteen-year-old without exhausting myself?
From the talk "Questions and Answers" by Thich Nhat Hanh, Sangha Member
9m
Chapter September 28, 2013 • English
Should the Sangha organize civil disobedience to stop war and violence?
From the talk "Questions and Answers: Healing Ourselves, Healing the World Retreat" by Thich Nhat Hanh, Sangha Member, Sister Đẳng Nghiêm, Sister Dang Nghiêm
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Chapter August 29, 2013 • English
How do we practice transforming inherited seeds of depression and mental illness?
From the talk "Questions and Answers: The Art of Suffering" by Thich Nhat Hanh, Sangha Member, Monastic
19m
Chapter July 30, 2014 • English
How do I recognize and take care of suffering, particularly loneliness, in a healthy way?
From the talk "Questions and Answers: Summer Opening 2014, Session Number Four" by Thich Nhat Hanh, Question, Sangha Member, Thầy Pháp Linh, Phil Bluckert, Sister Chân Không
17m
Chapter June 6, 2004 • English
How can I Embrace My Christian Spiritual Roots Despite Past Pain
From the talk "Questions & Answers" by Thich Nhat Hanh, Sangha Member
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Chapter August 15, 2012 • English
How can I help my child who spends too much time on electronic games?
From the talk "Questions and Answers" by Thich Nhat Hanh
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Chapter June 14, 2014 • English
How do you understand the process of surrendering to God's will?
From the talk "Questions and Answers: Twenty-One-Day Retreat 2014, Session Number One" by Thich Nhat Hanh, Sangha Member, Sister True Dedication
12m
Chapter April 9, 2012 • English
Is there a difference between Engaged Buddhism and Applied Buddhism? What is your vision for the institutes of Buddhism?
From the talk "Questions and Answers: Cultivating Happiness Retreat" by Thich Nhat Hanh, Sangha Member, Monastic, Monastic Sangha Chanting
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Chapter September 28, 2013 • English
How can the practices of the Sangha influence societal structures like government to promote more healing and less suffering?
From the talk "Questions and Answers: Healing Ourselves, Healing the World Retreat" by Thich Nhat Hanh, Sangha Member, Sister Đẳng Nghiêm, Sister Dang Nghiêm
10m
Chapter August 29, 2013 • English
Why do people get so angry sometimes when they don't even mean to get angry?
From the talk "Questions and Answers: The Art of Suffering" by Thich Nhat Hanh, Sangha Member, Monastic
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Chapter August 29, 2013 • English
What Is the Hardest Thing for Thay To Practice?
From the talk "Questions and Answers: The Art of Suffering" by Thich Nhat Hanh, Sangha Member, Monastic
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Chapter August 29, 2013 • English
After losing my nineteen-year-old daughter to leukemia, is it possible to truly be happy again?
From the talk "Questions and Answers: The Art of Suffering" by Thich Nhat Hanh, Sangha Member, Monastic
5m
Chapter July 12, 2009 • English
What practice can heal anxiety, phobia and unwholesome seeds?
From the talk "Questions and Answers" by Thich Nhat Hanh, Sangha Member
11m
Chapter June 3, 1998 • English
Transforming and embracing afflictions in practice
From the talk "Questions & Answers" by Thich Nhat Hanh, Sangha Member
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Chapter April 29, 2003 • English
How to handle intimacy and passion in relationships?
From the talk "Italy Retreat - Questions and Answers" by Thich Nhat Hanh
23m
Chapter June 14, 2000 • English
Nourishing Relationships and Freshness Within the Family
From the talk "Questions and Answers" by Thich Nhat Hanh, Sangha Member, Sister Jina, Karl Schmied
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Chapter August 1, 2013 • English
How can I get to sleep quickly when I need to wake up early?
From the talk "Questions and Answers: Summer Opening 2013, Session Number Four" by Thich Nhat Hanh, Sangha Member, Monastic, Interpreter
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Chapter July 15, 2002 • English
How should one handle feeling unheard?
From the talk "Questions and Answers" by Thich Nhat Hanh, Sangha Member
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Chapter August 29, 2013 • English
How can we engage young men in post-conflict zones to turn away from violence and embrace peace?
From the talk "Questions and Answers: The Art of Suffering" by Thich Nhat Hanh, Sangha Member, Monastic
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Chapter July 15, 2002 • English
How do I love myself?
From the talk "Questions and Answers" by Thich Nhat Hanh, Sangha Member
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Chapter January 3, 2002 • English
Separated for months, my partner and I face strong desire, attachment, fear and confusion—how can we transform these and walk together in freedom?
From the talk "Questions and Answers" by Thich Nhat Hanh, Sangha Member
12m
Chapter October 15, 2013 • English
Facing ongoing wars waged in our name, how can we transform fear and anger into peacemaking?
From the talk "Questions and Answers" by Thich Nhat Hanh, Sangha Member
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Chapter October 15, 2013 • English
My depression has lifted and now I overflow with energy and plans—how can I avoid burning out?
From the talk "Questions and Answers" by Thich Nhat Hanh, Sangha Member
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Chapter October 15, 2013 • English
How can I stay mindful when PTSD nightmares still arise?
From the talk "Questions and Answers" by Thich Nhat Hanh, Sangha Member
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Chapter September 28, 2013 • English
What is the Buddhist perspective on mental illness, specifically personality disorders, and how can families help?
From the talk "Questions and Answers: Healing Ourselves, Healing the World Retreat" by Thich Nhat Hanh, Sangha Member, Sister Đẳng Nghiêm, Sister Dang Nghiêm
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Chapter October 31, 1999 • English
What do you think of psychotherapy as an aid or instruction for mindfulness?
From the talk "Business Retreat Questions and Answers" by Thich Nhat Hanh, Sangha Member
9m
Chapter April 20, 2011 • English
As a psychotherapist, how can I listen to so much suffering without losing faith and trust?
From the talk "Questions and Answers" by Thich Nhat Hanh, Question, Sangha Member
8m
Chapter June 6, 2004 • English
How can I apply store consciousness in psychotherapy without imposing Buddhist terms?
From the talk "Questions & Answers" by Thich Nhat Hanh, Sangha Member
8m
Chapter October 18, 2008 • English
Helping wounded children whose seeds of rejection and violence have been watered
From the talk "Questions and Answers" by Thich Nhat Hanh, Sangha Member
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Chapter August 28, 2008 • English
As a psychotherapist taking the Fourth Training, may I counsel separation when a couple is abusive—adding “unless it is in their best interest”?
From the talk "Questions and Answers" by Thich Nhat Hanh, Sangha Member
11m
Chapter June 14, 2014 • English
How to understand and heal the suffering of our ancestors' if we never knew them?
From the talk "Questions and Answers: Twenty-One-Day Retreat 2014, Session Number One" by Thich Nhat Hanh, Sangha Member, Sister True Dedication
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Chapter July 23, 2001 • English
How can I release anger and resentment toward my father and ancestors for the burdens I have inherited?
From the talk "Questions And Answers" by Thich Nhat Hanh, Sangha Member
12m
Chapter October 15, 2013 • English
How can I stay connected with my deceased father, and what is the path to ordaining as a monk?
From the talk "Questions and Answers" by Thich Nhat Hanh, Sangha Member
4m
Chapter August 28, 2008 • English
Helping children connect with a father who died before they could remember him
From the talk "Questions and Answers" by Thich Nhat Hanh, Sangha Member
5m
Chapter June 3, 1998 • English
Practicing mindfulness and its impact on ancestors
From the talk "Questions & Answers" by Thich Nhat Hanh, Sangha Member
13m
Chapter April 20, 2011 • English
As an adopted daughter, how can I work with confusion about who my parents and ancestors are?
From the talk "Questions and Answers" by Thich Nhat Hanh, Question, Sangha Member
8m
Chapter October 23, 1997 • English
What are the benefits of silence or non-speaking, and how can we bring the practice home?
From the talk "Questions and Answers" by Thich Nhat Hanh, Sangha Member, Thich Hanh
17m
Chapter July 18, 2012 • English
Are people afraid of silence because they fear being with themselves?
From the talk "Questions and Answers" by Thich Nhat Hanh, Sangha Member
14m
Chapter June 6, 2006 • English
How Can I Decide Whether My Profession, Such as Law or Politics, Conflicts with Right Livelihood?
From the talk "Questions and Answers" by Thich Nhat Hanh, Sangha Member
7m
Chapter July 14, 2005 • English
I Am a Doctor Blocked by Institutional Pressures. Should I Quit and Live a Monastic Life?
From the talk "Questions and Answers" by Thich Nhat Hanh, Sangha Member
2m
Chapter March 27, 2013 • English
I Work in Big Business. How Can I Help It Become Less Driven by Profit While Still Being Successful?
From the talk "House of Commons Talk & Questions" by Thich Nhat Hanh, Sangha Member
12m
Chapter July 12, 2011 • English
How Can I Follow the Five Mindfulness Trainings in the Corporate World and Deal with Competitors Without Losing My Job?
From the talk "Questions & Answers" by Thich Nhat Hanh, Sangha Member
18m
Chapter July 14, 2005 • English
I Left Two Money-Driven Careers and Feel Lost Choosing a New Path. How Can I Find True Purpose?
From the talk "Questions and Answers" by Thich Nhat Hanh, Sangha Member
6m
Chapter March 4, 2011 • French
How Can I Practice Right Livelihood as a Commercial Artist?
From the talk "Questions and Answers" by Thich Nhat Hanh, Sangha Member, Frère Pháp Linh