Speaking during the runup to the 2020 election, Joanne points us to the tools to take care of our own consciousnesses during difficult times. She reminds us that we always have a choice: to contribute to the hell realms on earth, or to create h

Peace Within, Peace Without

Oct 13th, 2023 35m 37s

Joanne takes us through the process of transforming our anger, showing ourselves nothing but lovingkindness and understanding so that we can offer that to the world. The talk begins just after a guided meditation, to which she refers.

Guidelines for Choosing Wisely

Sep 29th, 2023 35m 22s

Joanne gives an overview of the first six of the 14 Mindfulness Trainings, showing that they are guidelines for us, to help us choose our actions wisely as we go through our lives. She shows us how they can guide us to avoid causing more suffer

Are We Sure?

Sep 15th, 2023 39h 54m

Dharma talk originally given on July 13, 2020, to the Peaceful Waters Sangha, Rhode Island.

Hiding in the Practice

Sep 1st, 2023

By going one step beyond stopping and calming our breath, we can transform our suffering and bring peace to ourselves and others. Mindfulness and concentration can help penetrate our habit energies, and ignorance of our interconnectedness with

Why We Meditate + Guided Meditation

Aug 18th, 2023

Joanne shares how mindfully following our breath allows us to stop, rest and calm ourselves, unifying our mind and body. This practice allows us to concentrate and truly exercise free will, we can respond skillfully when suffering arises. A gui

Interbeing Explained in Song

Aug 4th, 2023 18h 55m

Joanne uses the song "At the Foot of the Mountain" and Thay's story about the river to illustrate how we are made of every single thing in the cosmos and how awareness of our interconnectedness makes peace, harmony, and fearlessness possible. T

Creating Peace in Ourselves, Making Peace in the World

Jul 21st, 2023

Mindfulness practice and social change.

Getting in Touch with Our True Goodness

Jul 7th, 2023

Joanne describes the basis of our practice as one of coming back to ourselves and taking responsibity for our own happiness so that we can co-create happiness with those around us. (Family Day of Mindfulness, 6-25-2011)

An Introduction to the Five Mindfulness Trainings

Jun 23rd, 2023

, the Buddhist precepts as shaped and made current by the Plum Village Tradition founded by Thich Nhat Hanh. (6-28-2011)

Looking Deeply in Order to Be of Help: Words from Joanne after the Sandy Hook tragedy in 2012

Jun 9th, 2023 32m 34s

In this Dharma talk from 2012, Joanne asks us to look deeply together at the causes and conditions that create such tragedy in our culture, as well as at how we can take good care of ourselves to transform our own suffering in order to be able

Developing Mindfulness and Concentration and Their Values

May 26th, 2023 36m 4s

The benefits of non-attachment to views and how to attain such with the practice of developing awareness of our actions.

A Survival Kit for the Holidays

May 12th, 2023 35m 31s

Developing a "toolbox" for dealing with difficult people and conflicts over viewpoints, differing political views. The practice is developing confidence and strategies for responding to life challenges more skillfully.

Fear and Love

Apr 28th, 2023 37m 6s

A 2018 talk on Fear and Love, given by Joanne Friday, a Dharma teacher in the Tiep Hien Order, the Order of Interbeing, founded by Buddhist monk and Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh. To learn more, or to support Joanne’s work, please visit her websit

Guided Meditation: Focusing on the Breath

Mar 3rd, 2023

Guided Meditation given at the Hartford Day of Mindfulness, November 5, 2011.

Q & A - Hartford Day of Mindfulness

Mar 3rd, 2023 25h 30m

we can become prisoners of our own lives if we hold on to If we hold on to fear, anger and hatred, we are prisoners. When we are able to look beyond the surface and see that we are essentially one and the same, compassion will arise for ourselv

Guided Meditation: Coming Back to the Body (16 min.)

1 Apr 19th, 2020

Joanne offers a guided meditation to ground oneself in one’s body, giving us the ability to appreciate the miracle that it is. She offers this meditation as a great stress reliever in turbulent times.

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