
Break-Ups as Break-Throughs: Using Investigation to Turn Swords and Arrows into Flowers
Allowing our obstacles to become our greatest teachers
Seth Shugar teaches literature, psychology, and philosophy at Marianopolis College, and is also a therapist in private practice. He has a bachelor’s degree in Western philosophy and Eastern religion from McGill University, a master’s degree in psychological approaches to literature from McGill University, and a three-year post-master’s degree in clinical psychology from the Argyle Institute of Human Relations.
Art of Living is published bi-monthly.

Allowing our obstacles to become our greatest teachers

Investigating tsunami-sized emotions, one moment at a…

By facing our emotions fully, we can turn them into allies…

Beyond accepting the past, we can actively change it and…

Transforming personal crises into action for societal crises

Interacting with enjoyable experiences

Savoring the present, living with joy

Expanding one’s view to accommodate some of the…

The science of being grateful

Counting our blessings when life goes off course

Suffering and the end of suffering

Analyzing the absurdity of division and exclusion…