Podcast appearances and mentions of karen maezen miller

Lori recorded this episode in October but what is very apparent is how challenges and the unknown are an everyday thing that helps tell our stories, In this episode Maezen talks about finding our space and our 'me' time. Karen Maezen Miller's Website: https://karenmaezenmiller.com Maezen's books on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Karen-Maezen-Miller/e/B001JP2RQ0/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_book_1 Episode Transcript: https://ifweknewthen701833686.wordpress.com/2025/01/27/177-showing-up-for-the-challenges-karen-maezen-miller/2/ Please follow us on Twitter @ifweknewthenPOD you can drop us a line on our Facebook page @ifweknewthenPOD or visit our website https://www.IfWeKnewThen.com to send us an email with questions and comments. You can join our mailing list there and get alerts of future podcast episodes. Thank you again and we look forward to you joining us on the next episode of IF WE KNEW THEN.

Happy Martin Luther King Day! We start this new year by revisiting with our friend, Zen Buddhist Priest, Maezen Miller. We discuss having patience and letting go in order for it to all unfold. Believing and having patience can enable our children to be who they are, go where they go and do what they do, to become exactly who they are. Karen Maezen Miller: https://karenmaezenmiller.com Maezen's Book on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Karen-Maezen-Miller/e/B001JP2RQ0/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_book_1 Steve & Michel Gleason Foundation: https://teamgleason.org Episode Transcript: https://ifweknewthen701833686.wordpress.com/2024/01/14/163-revisiting-patience-in-the-new-year-with-maezen-miller/2/ Please follow us on Twitter @ifweknewthenPOD you can drop us a line on our Facebook page @ifweknewthenPOD or visit our website https://www.IfWeKnewThen.com to send us an email with questions and comments. You can join our mailing list there and get alerts of future podcast episodes. Thank you again and we look forward to you joining us on the next episode of IF WE KNEW THEN.

In this episode we speak again to Zen Buddhist Priest, Karen Maezen Miller and discuss the art of letting go, letting the answers be in the moment, and finding surrender in acceptance of that moment. Karen Maezen Miller Website: https://karenmaezenmiller.com Maezen's books on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Karen-Maezen-Miller/e/B001JP2RQ0/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_book_1 Episode Transcript: https://ifweknewthen701833686.wordpress.com/2023/06/09/143-letting-go/2/ Please follow us on Twitter @ifweknewthenPOD you can drop us a line on our Facebook page @ifweknewthenPOD or visit our website https://www.IfWeKnewThen.com to send us an email with questions and comments. You can join our mailing list there and get alerts of future podcast episodes. Thank you again and we look forward to you joining us on the next episode of IF WE KNEW THEN.

Happy New Year! We hope you are all having a wonderfully relaxing and safe holiday. Today in the spirit of the new year, we revisit an interview we had with Karen Maezen Miller about the practice of The Beginner's Mind. Episode Transcript: https://ifweknewthen701833686.wordpress.com/2022/12/31/126-happy-new-year-revisiting-the-practice-of-the-beginners-mind-with-maezen-miller/2/ Please follow us on Twitter @ifweknewthenPOD you can drop us a line on our Facebook page @ifweknewthenPOD or visit our website https://www.IfWeKnewThen.com to send us an email with questions and comments. You can join our mailing list there and get alerts of future podcast episodes. Thank you again and we look forward to you joining us on the next episode of IF WE KNEW THEN.

In this week's episode we are joined by Zen Buddhist Priest, Maezen Miller. We discuss having patience and letting go in order for it to all unfold. Believing and having patience can enable our children to be who they are, go where they go and do what they do, to become exactly who they are. Karen Maezen Miller: https://karenmaezenmiller.com Maezen's Book on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Karen-Maezen-Miller/e/B001JP2RQ0/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_book_1 Episode Transcript: https://ifweknewthen701833686.wordpress.com/2022/09/30/117-patience-with-karen-maezen-miller/2/ Please follow us on Twitter @ifweknewthenPOD you can drop us a line on our Facebook page @ifweknewthenPOD or visit our website https://www.IfWeKnewThen.com to send us an email with questions and comments. You can join our mailing list there and get alerts of future podcast episodes. Thank you again and we look forward to you joining us on the next episode of IF WE KNEW THEN.

In this episode we sit down with Maezen and discuss the different paths this journey has taken us, the pivot in directions we have chosen, how to trust those choices and allow some ease and embrace the gifts. Maezen's Book on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Karen-Maezen-Miller/e/B001JP2RQ0/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_book_1 Episode Transcript: https://ifweknewthen701833686.wordpress.com/2022/04/07/97-trusting-your-journey-and-embracing-the-pivot-karen-maezen-miller/2/ Please follow us on Twitter @ifweknewthenPOD you can drop us a line on our Facebook page @ifweknewthenPOD or visit our website https://www.IfWeKnewThen.com to send us an email with questions and comments. You can join our mailing list there and get alerts of future podcast episodes. Thank you again and we look forward to you joining us on the next episode of IF WE KNEW THEN.

November is known as the month of gratitude and there is no one better to talk to about gratitude then our good friend Karen Maezen Miller. Maezen is a Zen Buddhist Priest who consistently gifts us wonderful words of wisdom. Today we discuss the practice of gratitude and how releasing expectations brings us closer to true thankfulness. Maezen's website: https://karenmaezenmiller.com Episode Transcript: https://ifweknewthen701833686.wordpress.com/2021/11/04/77-practicing-gratitude-without-expectation-an-interview-with-karen-maezen-miller/2/ Please follow us on Twitter @ifweknewthenPOD you can drop us a line on our Facebook page @ifweknewthenPOD or visit our website https://www.IfWeKnewThen.com to send us an email with questions and comments. You can join our mailing list there and get alerts of future podcast episodes. Thank you again and we look forward to you joining us on the next episode of IF WE KNEW THEN.

We have the honor again of visiting with Zen Buddhist Priest, Karen Maezen Miller, to discuss the Zen term of a “beginner's mind” which means an open, innocent and non-judging mind, the mind we bring to everything we do when we are beginners.  Maezen's website: https://karenmaezenmiller.com Episode Transcript: https://ifweknewthen701833686.wordpress.com/2021/08/17/66-the-beginners-mind-an-interview-with-karen-maezen-miller/2/ Please follow us on Twitter @ifweknewthenPOD you can drop us a line on our Facebook page @ifweknewthenPOD or visit our website https://www.IfWeKnewThen.com to send us an email with questions and comments. You can join our mailing list there and get alerts of future podcast episodes. Thank you again and we look forward to you joining us on the next episode of IF WE KNEW THEN.

Today's episode features an article by Zen teacher Karen Maezen Miller. In it, she talks about how simple breathing exercises are, and how effective.

Another beautiful conversation with Zen Buddhist Priest Karen Maezen Miller. We all have fears. What if we could see what is at the root of these fears, acknowledge and deconstruct them and then continue forward free from those fears. Her books on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Karen-Maezen-Miller/e/B001JP2RQ0/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_book_1 Episode Transcript: https://ifweknewthen701833686.wordpress.com/2021/04/08/50-acknowledging-and-dismantling-fears-presence-in-our-lives-an-interview-with-karen-maezen-miller/2/ Please follow us on Twitter @ifweknewthenPOD you can drop us a line on our Facebook page @ifweknewthenPOD or visit our website https://www.IfWeKnewThen.com to send us an email with questions and comments. You can join our mailing list there and get alerts of future podcast episodes. Thank you again and we look forward to you joining us on the next episode of IF WE KNEW THEN.

As parents, we all find ourselves dealing with confusing emotions and challenges from time to time. In this conversation, Zen Buddhist Priest Karen Maezen Miller, gives us some guidance to help us deal with the negative. Her books on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Karen-Maezen-Miller/e/B001JP2RQ0/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_book_1  Episode Transcript: https://ifweknewthen701833686.wordpress.com/2021/03/11/47-what-do-we-do-when-faced-with-challenges-and-negativity-an-interview-with-karen-maezen-miller/2/ Please follow us on Twitter @ifweknewthenPOD you can drop us a line on our Facebook page @ifweknewthenPOD or visit our website https://www.IfWeKnewThen.com to send us an email with questions and comments. You can join our mailing list there and get alerts of future podcast episodes. Thank you again and we look forward to you joining us on the next episode of IF WE KNEW THEN.

 Welcome to Mind Brain Musings, your daily dose of philosophy viewed through the lens of two people that have no professional knowledge on the topic. Each day we'll bring you philosophical quotes from some of history's greatest thinkers, and discussing whether they were talking rubbish or if they may have been on to something. Let us know your thoughts on each quote or our take on them, and tune in every day for more Mind Brain Musings! Get in touch with us at mindbrainmusings@gmail.com    

As I wrap up season three, I‘d like to invite you to listen, either again or for the first time, to my conversation with Karen Maezen Miller. We first spoke back in the middle of March when Covid-19 cases were climbing and the world was going into lockdown. These days, cases in the US are higher than ever but lockdowns are far in the rearview mirror. These are STILL turbulent times. I’m sharing this episode with you again because it’s worth listening to again, maybe even multiple times. Maezen has so many wise insights to share and I know you will find solace in them. Guest Bio Karen Maezen Miller is a Zen Buddhist priest she teaches about spirituality in everyday life at the Hazy Moon Zen Center in Los Angeles. She is the author of three books: Momma Zen, Hand Wash Cold and Paradise in Plain Sight. Mentioned in this Episode Momma Zen https://www.amazon.com/Momma-Zen-Walking-Crooked-Motherhood/dp/1590304616 Hand Wash Cold https://www.amazon.com/Hand-Wash-Cold-Instructions-Ordinary/dp/1577319044 Paradise in Plain Sight https://www.amazon.com/Paradise-Plain-Sight-Lessons-Garden/dp/1608682528 http://karenmaezenmiller.com/   Connect with the 60 Mindful Minutes podcast   Web: https://kristenmanieri.com Email: Kristen@kristenmanieri.com   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/60MindfulMinutes Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kristenmanieri_/ Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/kristenmanieri/

We explore 10 Tips for a Mindful Home by Karen Maezen Miller found in Lion’s Roar magazine, printed 9 April 2020.

Guest Bio  Karen Maezen Miller is a Zen Buddhist priest she teaches about spirituality in everyday life at the Hazy Moon Zen Center in Los Angeles. She is the author of three books: Momma Zen, Hand Wash Cold and Paradise in Plain Sight.     Description  The world is a very unsettled and uncertain place at the moment. And while we all look to someone or someplace for answers, perhaps we have an opportunity to look no further than the very next moment for refuge. This week we welcome Karen Maezen Miller, a Zen Buddhist priest, for her guidance on feeling more grounded and calm in these turbulent times.         Mentioned in this Episode    Momma Zen https://www.amazon.com/Momma-Zen-Walking-Crooked-Motherhood/dp/1590304616      Hand Wash Cold https://www.amazon.com/Hand-Wash-Cold-Instructions-Ordinary/dp/1577319044      Paradise in Plain Sight https://www.amazon.com/Paradise-Plain-Sight-Lessons-Garden/dp/1608682528      http://karenmaezenmiller.com/      Connect with the 60 Mindful Minutes podcast   Web: https://kristenmanieri.com  Email: Kristen@kristenmanieri.com    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/60MindfulMinutes Instagram: @kristenmanieri_ 

Karen Maezen Miller is a wife and mother as well as a Zen Buddhist priest at the Hazy Moon Zen Center in Los Angeles. She writes about spirituality in everyday life. Her books include: Paradise in Plain Sight: Lessons from a Zen Garden,  Hand Wash Cold: Care Instructions for an Ordinary Life , and Momma Zen: Walking the Crooked Path of Motherhood.

About Karen Maezen Miller Karen Maezen Miller is a Zen Buddhist priest and teacher at the Hazy Moon Zen Center in Los Angeles. She is the author of Paradise in Plain Sight: Lessons from a Zen Garden, Hand Wash Cold: Care Instructions for an Ordinary Life and Momma Zen: Walking the Crooked Path of Motherhood. She leads retreats around the country and is mother to daughter Georgia and as a writer, she aims to resolve the enigmatic truth of Maezumi's teaching.     Episode highlights Karen discusses how your life is your spiritual practice The background to writing to Momma Zen The curious expression of 'expecting' when we are pregnant - expecting what? How you don't need any formal spiritual training to experience motherhood as a spiritual journey.  How we are all one and seeing this in our interactions with our children. Knowing who we are in the journey of motherhood The beauty of allowing our kids to be themselves How children allow us to forgive   Relevant links Karen Maezen Miller’s book Momma Zen (http://karenmaezenmiller.com/bookstore/)   Website and Blog (http://karenmaezenmiller.com/)     How to subscribe and review   If you liked this episode of the Mothering the Mother Podcast, tell your friends, please! And please go to iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/mothering-the-mother-podcast/id1446253273) and SoundCloud (https://soundcloud.com/user-598342093) to rate/review/subscribe to the show. it really helps to get the Podcast out there and before more people and it also makes my heart sing when I read reviews - I do read every single review and am so grateful - thank you.         #motheringthemother   Please do share the Podcast on social media if you enjoyed the episode – I am so grateful for sharing with your community and followers. You can you use the hashtag #motheringthemother which makes it easier for me to find you.     Yoga Nidra Retreat in London on 14 March 2020   Join Alison for her first Whole Mama Yoga Nidra Retreat in London   You can read more about the retreat here (https://www.alisonbarker.com/whole-mama-day-retreat-1)   Early Bird Tickets are only on sale for only one days @ £95   Standard Tickets on sale afterwards will be £120   As a little thank you for taking the time to leave a review, I am offering a free coaching call to one lucky reviewer each month.      GET YOUR FREE REST GUIDE   This guide has received some wonderful feedback:   "I just downloaded your 'Rest Guide'. It absolutely spoke to my soul, I feel like you wrote it just for me and i can't thank you enough for sharing it. I can't wait to step in and change my crazy life"   https://alisonbarker.us19.list-manage.com/subscribe?id=db261f1657&u=b745f828c26496c32eaef3a9b       Mothering the Mother Facebook group and Instagram   Join my community on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/alison_barker_/), join over 200 other mamas on the Facebook group the Mothering the Mother (https://www.facebook.com/groups/1885649551488600/)     Disclaimer   The information and reference guides in this podcast are intended solely for the general information for the reader/listener. The contents of this podcast are not intended to offer personal medical advice, diagnose health problems or for treatment purposes. It is not a substitute for medical care provided by a licensed and qualified health professional. Please consult your health care provider for any advice on medications.   The materials contained on this podcast are provided for general information purposes only and do not constitute legal or other professional advice on any subject matter. Alison Barker does not accept any responsibility for any loss, which may arise from reliance on information contained on this site.    

This week we got a very important phone call. Aga Kehinde called us all the way from the United Kingdom to talk to us about dealing with cancer, communication around the disease and how coaching can be useful. ARTIST OF THE WEEK: Clock Opera and their amazing song "Carousel" CHALLENGE OF THE WEEK: We have cancer, now what? How do we communicate about it, what are the challenges and what’s important now? How can coaching be helpful? BULLSHIT OF THE WEEK: For some reason as human beings, we think we know what our lives should look like. ( this is the concept of embracing uncertainty in a compassionate way and how this is helpful in a medical condition like cancer) WISDOM OF THE WEEK: “Freedom is instantaneous the moment we accept things as they are.” ~Karen Maezen Miller ‘’ When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves’’ - Victor Frankl – an absolutely lifechanging book he wrote: ‘’ Man’s search for meaning’’ FROM THE LEFT FIELD: Alternative or Holistic Healing Methods A book Aga referred to: ‘’the radical Reemissions’’ Kelly A Turner It’s a fascinating study of thousands of cancer survivors and reports on the 9 themes they all have in common. INTRO and jingles for the show produced by Supermoon Music Recording Studio———- About our guest Aga is a former cancer nurse with 20 years’ experience currently working as a cancer education lead at the Royal Surrey County Hospital as well as a running her own business as a medical coach. As an accredited coach, cancer educator and wellbeing consultant, Aga supports adults who have experienced serious health issues to navigate through the chaos of the diagnosis and reclaim the purpose and meaning into their lives. Aga works with individuals and their families, support groups, local communities as well as healthcare providers, employers and non-profit organisations. Aga delivers group coaching programmes around health and wellbeing; and provides 1 -1 coaching for individuals returning to work after serious health issues, ensuring a successful transition and sustainable approaches are in place to manage ongoing challenges. Aga also works with healthcare providers delivering workshops and facilitating groups to educate around compassion, communication and confidence. Her work equips individuals with the soft skills needed when interacting with someone experiencing a medical, personal, or professional crisis Aga's website Aga's facebook Artist of the week: Clock Opera Clock Opera Website Clock Opera FaceBook Page

In today's show, I'm bringing back one of my favorite interviews I did for the Mindful Mama Movement podcast.  Karen Maezen Miller is a wife, mother, author and Zen Buddhist priest at the Hazy Moon Zen Center in Los Angeles, California. Maezen has written three books and several anthologies about spirituality in everyday life. She leads retreats around the country and we feel blessed that she's with us today to share her valuable insights on motherhood and life from a Zen Buddhist perspective. Maezen became a mother at 42 years old and prefers to call the transition into motherhood more of a cotastrophe and she explains why in this episode. Maezen shares how important it is to be very clear about your life, and what is actually happening, at each moment in time. Without doing so, she feels you can never truly be open to the answers life provides, understand the energy you project onto those around you, or be able to handle situations that don't go your way without becoming depressed. Maezen uses this philosophy when parenting her own child, and admits that it's easier said than done, in order to not make herself the center of her daughter's life. Maezen also uses her expertise to offer tips for those looking to start meditating. Maezen's ability to step into herself and take full responsibility for her thoughts and feelings are an inspiration. I adore Maezen and know you will as well. Some quotes from the show: "Your life brings to you exactly what you don't want, because you need it. You need to be able to learn and grow... As many parents realize, our children are their teachers."   "Understand that your power lies in that moment of response and reaction. That's where your power and responsibility lies."   "We hear so much talk about living in the moment, so I'm going to bring it back to this... We really have to be so clear where that moment is. It's always right where you are. Although in our mind we think so much is happening at once, but actually not that much is happening at once.   If we slow down our thinking we will see more clearly that there is a flow to things. And the things we might be hyperventilating about right now, we can probably give them more time and more information will appear. Especially these decisions that have to do with our children's lives. I think we are so smart and have so much information but we have all made, and certainly I have, a critical error in placing ourselves at the center of our children's lives, instead of our children at the center of their lives. Thanks so much for listening. Warmly, Shannon   www.afreespiritlife.com

Dharma talk given by Karen Maezen Miller April 15th, 2018.

In this episode Jill discusses three of the over-arching issues she does have when it comes to weight, fat, food, and health. You'll hear stories from Lena Dunham, Karen Maezen Miller and academic reading from Sondra Solovay & Esther Rothblum.

For this episode I'm going to step out of the usual mode and talk to someone who stumbled onto gardening by a twist of fate, and who uses her garden's many lessons to teach us the living wisdom in our natural world. KAREN MAEZEN MILLER is a Zen priest at the Hazy Moon Zen Center in Los Angeles, and the author of Mama Zen, Hand Wash Cold, and a slender book called Paradise In Plain Sight which is the focus of our talk. Through Maezen's no-nonsense prose, rocks convey faith, ponds preach stillness, flowers give love, and leaves express the effortless ease of letting go. And the green space that provides her so many lessons is no ordinary patch of land, but a 100-year-old Japanese garden that she painstakingly restored with no prior gardening experience. This "one foot in front of the other" approach is often referred to as The Path in Buddhism, and I begin our conversation by asking Maezen about her own path from starting a business to shedding the trappings of success, and eventually earning the robes of a Zen priest. Learn more about Maezen's writing and find her teaching and retreat schedule here: http://karenmaezenmiller.com

This is a repeat episode from Karen Maezen Miller, author of Hand Wash Cold

Karen Maezen Miller is a wife and mother as well as a Zen Buddhist teacher at the Hazy Moon Zen Center in Los Angeles. She’s also the author of Momma Zen and Hand Wash Cold.  TOPICS: How to bring meditation and mindfulness to your pregnancy and birth + Staying present in your life + How to work with your fears and trust the process + How to guide and love your children in every moment

We’re joined this week by mother, author, and Zen teacher Karen Maezen Miller. Maezen speaks directly to the need to see through the dualisms that we create in our lives, and speaks specifically about the dualism of being a parent and a practitioner. She shares advice on how to not make one part of our life battle with other parts, and explores an empowering understanding of what monastic forms have contributed to us. She also speaks about the misunderstandings that can plague our meditation practice, and where these originate from. Episode Links: www.KarenMaezenMiller.com Hand Wash Cold: Care Instructions for an Ordinary Life ( http://amzn.to/hwJwjh ) Momma Zen: Walking the Crooked Path of Motherhood ( http://amzn.to/gEA5Hc ) Hazy Moon Zen Center ( http://www.hazymoon.com )

About the book: Combining humor, honesty, and plainspoken advice, Momma Zen distills the doubts and frustrations of parenting into vignettes of Zen wisdom. Drawing on her experience as a first-time mother, and on her years of Zen meditation and study, Miller explores how the daily challenges of parenthood can become the most profound spiritual journey of our lives. This compelling and wise memoir follows the timeline of early motherhood from pregnancy through toddlerhood. Momma Zen takes readers on a transformative journey, charting a mother’s growth beyond naive expectations and disorientation to finding fulfillment in ordinary tasks, developing greater self-awareness and acceptance—to the gradual discovery of “maternal bliss,” a state of abiding happiness and ease that is available to us all. In her gentle and reassuring voice, Karen Miller convinces us that ancient and authentic spiritual lessons can be as familiar as a lullaby, as ordinary as pureed peas, and as frequent as a sleepless night. She offers encouragement for the hard days, consolation for the long haul, and the lightheartedness every new mom needs to face the crooked path of motherhood straight on. About the author: Karen Maezen Miller is a wife and mother as well as a Zen Buddhist priest at the Hazy Moon Zen Center in Los Angeles. She and her family live in Sierra Madre, California, with a century-old Japanese garden in their backyard. She writes about spirituality in everyday life. She is the author of Paradise in Plain Sight: Lessons from a Zen Garden, Hand Wash Cold: Care Instructions for an Ordinary Life, Momma Zen: Walking the Crooked Path of Motherhood, and her writing is included in numerous anthologies.

About the book: When Zen teacher Karen Maezen Miller and her family land in a house with a hundred-year-old Japanese garden, she uses the paradise in her backyard to glean the living wisdom of our natural world. Through her eyes, rocks convey faith, ponds preach stillness, flowers give love, and leaves express the effortless ease of letting go. The book welcomes readers into the garden for Zen lessons in fearlessness, forgiveness, presence, acceptance, and contentment. Miller gathers inspiration from the ground beneath her feet to remind us that paradise is always here and now. About the author: Karen Maezen Miller is a wife and mother as well as a Zen Buddhist priest at the Hazy Moon Zen Center in Los Angeles. She and her family live in Sierra Madre, California, with a century-old Japanese garden in their backyard. She writes about spirituality in everyday life. She is the author of Paradise in Plain Sight: Lessons from a Zen Garden, Hand Wash Cold: Care Instructions for an Ordinary Life, Momma Zen: Walking the Crooked Path of Motherhood, and her writing is included in numerous anthologies.

My special guest for the last show of the year is the author who influenced me the most in 2014, Karen Maezen Miller author of Paradise in Plain Sight, Hand Wash Cold, and Momma Zen About the book: When Zen teacher Karen Maezen Miller and her family land in a house with a hundred-year-old Japanese garden, she uses the paradise in her backyard to glean the living wisdom of our natural world. Through her eyes, rocks convey faith, ponds preach stillness, flowers give love, and leaves express the effortless ease of letting go. The book welcomes readers into the garden for Zen lessons in fearlessness, forgiveness, presence, acceptance, and contentment. Miller gathers inspiration from the ground beneath her feet to remind us that paradise is always here and now. About the author: Karen Maezen Miller is a wife and mother as well as a Zen Buddhist priest at the Hazy Moon Zen Center in Los Angeles. She and her family live in Sierra Madre, California, with a century-old Japanese garden in their backyard. She writes about spirituality in everyday life. She is the author of Paradise in Plain Sight: Lessons from a Zen Garden, Hand Wash Cold: Care Instructions for an Ordinary Life, Momma Zen: Walking the Crooked Path of Motherhood, and her writing is included in numerous anthologies.

Lessons from a Zen Garden with author and Buddhist priest Karen Maezen Miller.

Welcome to the 321st edition of Tranquility du Jour. Today's show features Karen Maezen Miller on Paradise in Plain Sight. You'll learn how mindfulness is devoting yourself to what is in front of you, how someday never arrives, and four rules for a mindful garden.      Featured Guest: Karen Maezen Miller is the author of Hand Wash Cold, Momma Zen, and most recently Paradise in Plain Sight. She’s also a Zen Buddhist priest, meditation teacher, wife, and mother. Visit her online at karenmaezenmiller.com.     Savvy Sources: karenmaezenmiller.com Facebook Twitter Seasonal online book club pick: 10% Happier Penning in Paris {3 spots left} Tranquility du Jour iPhone and Android app   Stay Au Courant: New? Peruse my FAQs. Join moi for a retreat, workshop, e-course, or seasonal podcast. Find moi on Goodreads   Connect on Facebook. Follow on Twitter.  View pics on Instagram @tranquilitydujour. Browse my books. Join the Tranquility du Jour weekly museletter. Read about my passion for pigs. Write a review on iTunes.   Techy: To listen, click on the player at the top of the post or click here to listen to older episodes. New to podcasting? Get more info at Podcast 411. Do you have iTunes? Click here and subscribe to the podcast to get the latest episode as released. Get the Tranquility du Jour apps to get the podcast automagically on iOS or Android.

Podcast 474: Paradise in Plain Sight with Karen Maezen Miller by Greg Voisen

It’s easy to think that meaning, fulfillment, and bliss are “out there,” somewhere outside of our daily routine. But in this playful yet profound reflection on awareness, the compelling voice of a contemporary woman reveals the happiness at the bottom of the laundry basket, the love in the kitchen sink, and the peace possible in one’s own backyard. Follow Karen Maezen Miller through youthful ambition and self-absorption, beyond a broken marriage, and into the steady calm of a so-called ordinary life. In her hands, household chores and caregiving tasks become opportunities for self-examination, lessons in relationship, and liberating moments of selflessness. With attention, it’s the little things — even the unexpected, unpleasant, and unwanted things — that count. About the author: Karen Maezen Miller is a wife and mother as well as a Zen Buddhist priest at the Hazy Moon Zen Center in Los Angeles. She and her family live in Sierra Madre, California, with a century-old Japanese garden in their backyard. She writes about spirituality in everyday life. She is the author of Paradise in Plain Sight: Lessons from a Zen Garden, Hand Wash Cold: Care Instructions for an Ordinary Life, Momma Zen: Walking the Crooked Path of Motherhood, and her writing is included in numerous anthologies.   www.karenmaezenmiller.com

About the book: When Zen teacher Karen Maezen Miller and her family land in a house with a hundred-year-old Japanese garden, she uses the paradise in her backyard to glean the living wisdom of our natural world. Through her eyes, rocks convey faith, ponds preach stillness, flowers give love, and leaves express the effortless ease of letting go. The book welcomes readers into the garden for Zen lessons in fearlessness, forgiveness, presence, acceptance, and contentment. Miller gathers inspiration from the ground beneath her feet to remind us that paradise is always here and now.   About the author: Karen Maezen Miller is a wife and mother as well as a Zen Buddhist priest at the Hazy Moon Zen Center in Los Angeles. She and her family live in Sierra Madre, California, with a century-old Japanese garden in their backyard. She writes about spirituality in everyday life. She is the author of Paradise in Plain Sight: Lessons from a Zen Garden, Hand Wash Cold: Care Instructions for an Ordinary Life, Momma Zen: Walking the Crooked Path of Motherhood, and her writing is included in numerous anthologies.

Join the Positively Incorrect! Newsletter HERE   Join Scott Cluthe on FACEBOOK HERE  Karen Miller, Zen Buddist priest and teacher at the Hazy Moon Zen Center in Los Angeles, shares with Scott Cluthe about her new book, Paradise in Plain Sight: Lessons From a Zen Garden.  From New World Library PARADISE IN PLAIN SIGHT :Lessons from a Zen Garden-When Zen teacher Karen Maezen Miller and her family land in a house with a hundred-year-old Japanese garden, she uses the paradise in her backyard to glean the living wisdom of our natural world. Through her eyes, rocks convey faith, ponds preach stillness, flowers give love, and leaves express the effortless ease of letting go. The book welcomes readers into the garden for Zen lessons in fearlessness, forgiveness, presence, acceptance, and contentment. Miller gathers inspiration from the ground beneath her feet to remind us that paradise is always here and now.

Karen Maezen Miller is a wife, mother, and writer. She's also a Zen priest and teacher at the Hazy Moon Zen Center in Los Angeles. One afternoon in the summer of 1997 she and her new husband found themselves in the neglected backyard of a rundown house in a quiet suburb of Los Angeles. They were standing in a 100-year-old Japanese garden, the oldest privately owned Japanese garden in California. They heard “the call to the garden,” turned to the realtor and said, “We'll take it!” And then the garden began to teach. Karen's exquisite new book, Paradise in Plain Sight, is the result.

Creating an extraordinary life is a process of finding rich magic in the ordinary. Buddhist Priest, wife, mom and author, Karen Maezen Miller shares her insights for living and loving life.

Karen Maezen Miller, author of Momma Zen: Walking the Crooked Path of Motherhood and Hand Wash Cold: Care Instructions for an Ordinary Life, blogger and Zen Buddhist priest and teacher, shares insight on ways to let go, accept, and simply be during the hectic holiday season. She will help us to see the spirituality in everyday chaos, encourage us to trust our innate wisdom and assist us to slow down and enjoy each moment. Learn how to survive and thrive during the holidays with her Zen tips.Support the show (https://yogainmyschool.com/?p=13405)

Karen Maezen Miller, author of Momma Zen: Walking the Crooked Path of Motherhood and Hand Wash Cold: Care Instructions for an Ordinary Life, blogger and Zen Buddhist priest and teacher, shares insight on ways to let go, accept, and simply be during the hectic holiday season. She will help us to see the spirituality in everyday chaos, encourage us to trust our innate wisdom and assist us to slow down and enjoy each moment. Learn how to survive and thrive during the holidays with her Zen tips.Support the show (https://yogainmyschool.com/?p=13405)

Karen Maezen Miller is the author of Hand Wash Cold: Care Instructions for an Ordinary Life and Momma Zen: Walking the Crooked Path of Motherhood. She is an errant wife, delinquent mother, reluctant dog walker, and expert laundress, as well as a Zen Buddhist priest and meditation teacher at the Hazy Moon Zen Center in Los Angeles, California. It's easy to think that meaning, fulfillment, and bliss are "out there," somewhere outside of our daily routine. But, in Hand Wash Cold: Care Instructions for an Ordinary Life, Karen Maezen Miller reveals the ancient wisdom that we too easily overlook — the care instructions that come tucked inside our ordinary lives. Like the laundry tag sewn inside a precious garment, she'll encourage us to pay attention to ourselves, our relationships, and the world around us.

Karen Maezen Miller is the author of Hand Wash Cold: Care Instructions for an Ordinary Life and Momma Zen: Walking the Crooked Path of Motherhood. She is an errant wife, delinquent mother, reluctant dog walker, and expert laundress, as well as a Zen Buddhist priest and meditation teacher at the Hazy Moon Zen Center in Los Angeles, California. It's easy to think that meaning, fulfillment, and bliss are "out there," somewhere outside of our daily routine. But, in Hand Wash Cold: Care Instructions for an Ordinary Life, Karen Maezen Miller reveals the ancient wisdom that we too easily overlook — the care instructions that come tucked inside our ordinary lives. Like the laundry tag sewn inside a precious garment, she'll encourage us to pay attention to ourselves, our relationships, and the world around us.

Wife, mother, reluctant dog walker, expert laundress, and Zen Buddhist priest and teacher Karen Maezen Miller talks about her latest book, Hand Wash Cold: Care Instructions for an Ordinary Life. 

This week Amy Tiemann welcomes Karen Maezen Miller back to The Mojo Mom Podcast. Karen has described herself as an "errant mother, delinquent wife, reluctant dog walker, expert laundress, and stationmaster of the full catastrophe."  She's a Buddhist priest--but she could also be the Mom next to you in the school carpool line.  You may already know Karen as the author of "Momma Zen" and now she has  a brand new book "Hand Wash Cold--Care Instructions for an Ordinary Life."  Her writing will help you enjoy the life you already have, which is such a wonderfully sane and comforting concept--just what we need in today's overscheduled, distracted world.

Amy has big news--a new edition of "Mojo Mom" coming out spring 2009 from Gotham Books.  Amy and Sheryl celebrate this development and then announce a new iPod giveaway.  Listen in to learn how you can enter to win a 4 GB iPod Nano in our drawing to be held on July 1, 2008.Then from the material to the spiritual....Amy talks to "Momma Zen" author Karen Maezen Miller about writing, creativity and motherhood.  Karen shows us all that it's possible to become a writer even if we never find "more time."  For more of Karen's wisdom, check out her series of "Zen Writers' Workshop" entries listed in the sidebar on her Cheerio Road blog.

The second season of "The Mojo Mom Podcast" debuts with guest Karen Maezen Miller, author of "Momma Zen." First, Amy and Sheryl discuss fall premieres and Amy's status as #1 public radio geek. They recommend the podcast the new show from WUNC, "The Story with Dick Gordon." Dick Gordon takes the time to explore the stories of people who acutally experience the news, rather than the same old pundits who make the rounds on most talk shows. "The Story" is being rolled out nationally on public radio stations, but you can listen to it now, free, by podcast. Links relevant to this week's Mojo Mom Podcast are: Karen Maezen Miller's website, www.MommaZen.com "The Story with Dick Gordon" website, www.TheStory.org To subscribe to the podcast of "The Story" go to the Advanced menu on iTunes, select "subscribe to poscast" and paste in the podcast's URL: http://www.thestory.org/archive/podcast.xml