Original article written by Sharon Salzberg for The Hill's Changing America Opinion section. Published September 23, 2020 on The Hill. 

It's rare to have a sense in life that we're actually living in historic times. But, today, many share this sentiment. The challenges we're facing are not simply difficult, or numerous, but in a lot of ways unprecedented. A global pandemic, economic crisis, social unrest, widespread racism, and the specter of climate disaster would each, on its own, constitute a major source of anxiety; together they can amount to an almost unbearable psychological and emotional burden...continue reading here.