Mindy Newman, MA, MTS, LMHC, is a psychotherapist and hypnotherapist in private practice. She has an MA in counseling psychology from Lesley University and an MTS in world religion from Harvard University. A committed practitioner of Tibetan Buddhism, Newman began her dharma study with Lama Migmar Tseten in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and has studied with other profound teachers in both the Sakya and Gelug traditions. She is a graduate of Nalanda Institute’s Contemplative Psychotherapy Program and teaches meditation as part of the institute’s Introduction to Meditation series at Tibet House. Newman was recently one of Tricycle’s online dharma talk leaders and has written several pieces for Tricycle as a contributor. She also coordinates Nalanda Institute’s Counseling and Mentoring Referral Network and is passionate about making Buddhist psychotherapy more widely accessible.

For more information about Mindy and her work with Tricycle, please see the following links:

https://www.mindynewman.com/

https://tricycle.org/author/mindy-newman/

Please also see the following link for Geshe Tenzin Zopa's website:

http://www.tenzinzopa.com/

We talked about preparing for a pilgrimage to Bhutan and how sharing reflections with others can strengthen the pilgrimage experience, Geshe Tenzin Zopa and being drawn towards Vajrayana practice, grief and exploring Māyādevī through both inner and outer journeys, and the importance of remembering that the Buddhist journey can be messy.