Sylvia Boorstein – What We Nurture

<p>A few years ago, Krista hosted an event in Detroit — a city in flux — on the theme of raising children. The conversation that resulted with the Jewish-Buddhist teacher and psychotherapist Sylvia Boorstein has been a companion to her and to many from that day forward. Here it is again as an offering for Mother’s Day — in a world still and again in flux, and where the matter of raising new human beings feels as complicated as ever before. Sylvia gifts us this teaching: that nurturing children’s inner lives can be woven into the fabric of our days — and that nurturing ourselves is also good for the children and everyone else in our lives.</p><p>Sylvia Boorstein is a mother, grandmother, Jewish-Buddhist teacher, psychotherapist, and a founding teacher of Spirit Rock Meditation Center in Woodacre, California. Her books include <a href="https://bookshop.org/books/that-s-funny-you-don-t-look-buddhist-on-being-a-faithful-jew-and-a-passionate-buddhist/9780060609580"><i>That’s Funny, You Don’t Look Buddhist</i></a>, <a href="https://bookshop.org/books/it-s-easier-than-you-think-the-buddhist-way-to-happiness/9780062512949"><i>It’s Easier Than You Think</i></a>, <a href="https://bookshop.org/books/happiness-is-an-inside-job-practicing-for-a-joyful-life/9780345481320"><i>Happiness Is an Inside Job</i></a>, and <a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/546497/making-friends-with-the-present-moment-by-sylvia-boorstein/"><i>Making Friends with the Present Moment</i></a>.</p><p><a href="https://onbeing.org/programs/sylvia-boorstein-what-we-nurture/#transcript">Find the transcript</a> for this show at onbeing.org.</p><p>This show originally aired in May 2011.</p>