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MOST RECENT POSTS
I can’t say that the scars on my body don’t bother me, but I can say that I no longer ruminate in the stories behind the scars. For example; when feelings of shame and guilt bubble up, instead of festering in those feelings based on past experiences, I take deep breaths and cultivate a sense of gratitude for the present moment. Or, when I see sharp objects and the scars
There are 3 Ingredients to Fulfillment; Accept Yourself, Love Yourself, and Celebrate Yourself. I’m inclined to write something about New Year’s goals, but I’m not feeling inspired by the idea of discussing diet/exercise/work. It seems there’s sufficient blogs about what to do, and not to do, with healthy living and most of us know what we should do. And, like most people, I have many years experience with setting goals
How do you “call back” your partner when you’ve lost connection? I recently had an experience with my spouse Gord that brought some clarity on the things we do well, and the things we’re still learning about. The circumstance reminded me of an old Zen story about being lost in the jungle. It’s as though Gord and I are on a path together in the jungles of life and, although
I was invited to speak at a Momondays event recently and decided to share some of my experiences with exploring authenticity this year. I took a risk and showed up with no masks, no glamour, just me and my authenticity. The experience was life changing. My exploration of authenticity started on New Years Eve 2017 when my daughter and I did our tradition of pulling a “Be the Change” card
I recently drove three hours with the intention of spending five minutes visiting my grandfather who’s in the hospital because he had a fall, then a heart attack, and is now very fragile. My father has been encouraging family to visit so I decided to go as a way of supporting him. A five-minute visit seemed sufficient enough because I’ve never felt close to my grandfather, we didn’t have what I consider a strong
It’s okay, we’re all perfectly imperfect. I was facilitating a discussion in one of my Mindful Foundations courses about our personal challenges and successes relating to doing a formal meditation practice. I shared my own successes, then noted my challenge was that I had skipped 2 practices. One of the participants said she was surprised that I would have missed doing a practice; she said “So, you’re human?” and I
I recently took advantage of acquiring a new shirt to help myself, and to show others, how creativity helps navigate challenges with communication. I got the shirt when I was working at the Mindful Society Conference with a colleague, Eli Brown, founder of STYLO (a Canadian fashion company dedicated to supporting mental health initiatives). A woman came by our booth to return a STYLO shirt she had purchased because one sleeve was longer than
Examining the monkey mind and what to do about it. Several years ago, I was at a seminar with a monk who said, “The more mindful I become, the more mindful I become of my mindlessness”. He called it his ‘monkey mind’. It was such a simple statement, but a profound way of describing what I’ve been experiencing for many years. My mindfulness practice brings about a mixed bag of emotions