Mindful Monday – April 23, 2018 “The most fundamental aggression to ourselves, the most fundamental harm we can do to ourselves, is to remain ignorant by not having the courage and the respect to look at ourselves honestly and gently.” ― Pema Chödrön We have a blind spot when it comes to ourselves. In orderContinue reading “The Whys and Hows of Self-Awareness”
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Should you start meditating?
Mindful Monday – February 19, 2018 “Wherever you are is the perfect place to awaken. This moment is the exact place to practice compassion and loving awareness. You have all the ingredients to breathe and find freedom just where you are.” – Jack Kornfield The answer is yes. There will never be a perfect timeContinue reading “Should you start meditating?”
How to be Happy
Mindful Monday – February 12, 2018 “Our society has a tremendous engine for creating dissatisfaction, desire and craving. Happiness is going to be this, it’s going to be that, but it’s never going to be just enjoying yourself where you are and as you are. For most of us, cultivating simplicity and contentment might takeContinue reading “How to be Happy”
Mindful Monday – December 4, 2017
“One is a great deal less anxious if one feels perfectly free to be anxious, and the same may be said of guilt.” – Alan W. Watts Western culture perpetuates many harmful myths about negative emotions. When people are anxious, they’re often told, “calm down” or “it’s not a big deal.” When people cry,Continue reading “Mindful Monday – December 4, 2017”