Publisher of Natural Awakenings Atlanta since 2017, Paul Chen’s professional background includes strategic planning, marketing management and qualitative research. He practices Mahayana Buddhism and kriya yoga. Contact him at [email protected]. ❧

Mandy Roberts

Mandy Roberts

“I’m feeling a lot, some of it very hard to name. But I’m showing up; that's what I know best. For the rest? I’m remembering

“I’m remembering to breathe. I’m remembering that grief, fear, sadness, set up in my body unless I move it out. I’m remembering that it’s OK to not be OK. And I’m remembering that it’s OK to be OK when others are not OK. I’m remembering that there is still beauty and joy to be found everywhere I look. I’m remembering all the brilliant, bold, and loving people in my world. I’m remembering that change takes time, and transitions are not easy. I’m remembering the shadow is the access point of deep transformation. I’m remembering that all of us want to feel heard, safe, supported, love, and cared for.”

Sheila Ewers

Sheila Ewers

“The politicians will come and go, but we must learn to see each other again, to honor each other’s perspectives and feelings. We must learn to see that every single one of us is a spark of the infinite, that when we see others as evil we are simply rejecting parts of our own humanness… Can we please, America, begin a dialogue that invites true understanding of each other? It is the only way out of this cycle of division.”

Lauren Fortenberry

Lauren Fortenberry

“And it will be our love, not our anger,  that heals the world.”


attributed to Thích Nhất Hạnh

Thích Nhất Hạnh

“This, my dear, is the greatest challenge to be alive: To witness the injustice of this world, and not allow it to consume our light.”

Brené Brown

Brene Brown

“People are hard to hate close up. Move in.”

Ram Dass

Ram Dass

“I’ve been asked many times, whether this is the Aquarian age and it’s all just beginning, or if this is Armageddon, and this is the end, and I have to admit, I don’t know... Which ever way it goes, my work is the same... To quiet my mind, and open my heart and relieve suffering wherever I find it.”