Insecurity, Self-doubt, Vulnerability, and Other Unruly Dinner Guests
with Paul Fulton
Sunday, March 16th, 2025 | 10:00am – 1:00pm ET
In-Person Location: New York Insight at 115 West 29th Street, 12th Floor
There are two kinds of people: Those who experience feelings of self-doubt and insecurity, and those who pretend they don’t.
How are we to understand these anxious feelings when they show up or persist? Is it evidence of a disorder in need of correction? A shameful weakness to be hidden from ourselves and others? Or, per the Buddha’s teachings, an inevitable feature of human existence?
When we misperceive the nature of our insecurity, we are at risk of pursuing ineffective–even harmful–strategies to feel safe. Over the course of this half-day retreat, we’ll draw on Buddhist ideas and Western psychology to help us explore what contributes to our self-doubt, and learn what constitutes wise action. Together we’ll investigate the elusive nature of “acceptance.”
Join Buddhist teacher and psychologist Paul Fulton for a day of meditation, reflection, and a rich shared exploration and conversation about self-doubt and how we move toward a fresh understanding of these experiences.
In-Person Registration:
Please register below. If you are able, registering at the “Supporter” level enables others to attend at the “Subsidized” level. Thank you for your generosity! (Please note that the registration price includes a base level of teacher support, and you will have the opportunity to donate more after the program.)
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Online Registration:
Please register below. If you are able, registering at the “Supporter” level enables others to attend at the “Subsidized” level. Thank you for your generosity! (Please note that the registration price includes a base level of teacher support, and you will have the opportunity to donate more after the program.)
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Volunteering
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Teacher(s)
Paul Fulton
Paul R. Fulton, EdD, is a clinical psychologist, founding member and former president of the Institute for Meditation and Psychotherapy, and until recently, a board member of the Barre Center for Buddhist Studies. Dr. Fulton is a lecturer, part time, in psychology at Harvard Medical School at Cambridge Health Alliance, and is Director for the Institute’s year-long Certificate Program in Mindfulness & Psychotherapy, a cornerstone of Cambridge Health Alliance’s Center for Mindfulness & Compassion’s training fellowship. He has lectured internationally on the integration of mindfulness and psychotherapy. He is co-editor and co-author of Mindfulness & Psychotherapy, 2nd Edition (Guilford), and numberous published papers and book chapters. Paul has been a student of psychology and meditation for 53 years, having received lay ordination in Zen Buddhism at age 19. He holds a doctorate in comparative developmental psychology from Harvard’s Laboratory for Human Development.