Pema Chödrön’s Commencement Speech at Naropa (my alma mater)

Graduation season is upon us, which always reminds me of the fact that the word “alma mater” translates as “nourishing mother.” Doesn’t graduating in some way feel like leaving a safe womb and going out into the world on one’s own? When I graduated from Naropa University with my Masters degree in transpersonal psychotherapy and […]