Catherine Ingram is an international dharma teacher with communities in the U.S., Europe, and Australia and the author of Passionate Presence: Seven Qualities of Awakened Awareness. Since 1992 she has led Dharma Dialogues, which are public events that focus on directing awareness toward greater wellbeing in an ethical and happy life. Catherine also leads numerous silent retreats each year in conjunction with Dharma Dialogues. She is president of Living Dharma, an educational non-profit organization founded in 1995. For more information, visit www.dialogueswithcatherine.com. TOPICS: How to have your life be a meditation + How to interrupt and navigate your problems/negative stories with more grace and ease + Why gratitude is so important for instant happiness + Why embodiment is so important to pleasure and joy + How to experience more wonder, delight and divinity right here and now + The importance of silence and rest.