When I read that Barbie, the most popular toy in history, had become a meditation teacher I had to pay attention. One colleague quipped, “How can a doll without a mind become mindful?” I was skeptical ...

It was Barbie season recently, and everyone had a story to tell. Mine, sadly, reminds me of my worst moments as a daughter, proof that I was a disobedient, intractable, ungrateful child. But I can’t ...