Cultivating Clarity & Compassion
"Meditation does not necessarily make the craziness go away; it just makes it less personal. You just have more space and the less you...
Seeking Authenticity
We waste so much time & energy striving to get elsewhere - hoping that once we get there, we'll be happy, fulfilled. This means rarely...
How Do You Know "It's Working"?
How do you know if your Mindfulness practice is "working"? Do sitting meditations become progressively easier and more pleasant? Does...
Identity, Awareness & Healing
“Mindfulness practice does not involve trying to change who we are; instead it is a practice of seeing clearly who we are, of seeing what...
Thinking of Meditation as a "Should"
A humourous motivational speaker used to talk about "shoulding all over ourselves" - and we do, don't we? We tend to be harshly critical...
Exceeding Expectations
Many of us deeply hold the expectation that Mindfulness meditation will put us into a trance, transporting us to our happy place. And if...
Is Mindfulness for Me?
We have way too many things on our plates already! Committing to ONE MORE THING may sound more like a threat than a treat! But what if...
Anxious Impatience
A few years ago, research showed that the average university student doing research on the web read an average of one-and-a-half lines of...
Not Alone
"Now we lived in the midst of the great passage from life to death. Yet each day passed, as ordinary as the previous one. I sensed how...
"Don't Take it Personally - But ..."
As soon as we hear that, we know we're about to be hit with a real zinger. Even if the advice comes from a trusted friend, and even -...
