What does it mean to live by values? Tory explains how ACT turns values into active commitments — not abstract categories, but concrete ways of showing up. Values become the life map that guides therapy.

Carl Jerome, longtime mindfulness teacher and director of North Shore Meditation & Dharma Center, explains what mindfulness is—and what it’s not.

Why sit in silence? In this conversation, Carl describes how unguided meditation builds internal confidence. Without someone leading you, you begin to trust yourself to sit, stay, and return to the present.