by Sindy Warren It was a Thursday afternoon in Cleveland, Ohio, circa 2000. I should have been at the law firm where I worked, preparing a legal brief in an age discrimination case. Instead, I was lying in bed feeling like I was about to have a heart attack. I had binged again. I ate […]
The Silver Lining: How Practicing Mindfulness Saved My Life
Posted on April 15, 2020 //
by Gabrielle Plastrik The breaking point for me was the day 26 years ago that I threw up in the hallway just outside my middle school’s cafeteria. I can still see the wide gray hallway, the wooden paneling on the right and the windows into the typing classroom and the teacher’s bathroom on the left. […]
The Power Of Mindful Listening
Posted on April 8, 2020 //
by Beatrix Potter In this busy world, filled with constant distractions, it is rare to feel that we are ever truly being listened to and valued when we speak. True attentiveness is an uncommon occurence in today’s world. Yet, when we give someone our fullest attention and mindfully listen to them, we are able to […]
The Unexpected Gift: How Meditating Let Me Write Again
Posted on February 14, 2020 //
by Susan Barr-Toman I was trying meditation out of desperation. I’d read that it could calm your thoughts and give you a sense of peace. My goal—to keep it together, to maintain functionality. My husband’s cancer had returned and this time it was terminal. The practice, as I understood it, was to focus on my […]
Shrink Your Stress – Live Smaller
Posted on February 7, 2020 //
What do we really want from life? I’m feeling a little bit fed up of being told (by magazines, adverts and the media, to name a few sources) that what I want should be a ‘big’ life. In this life, I’m told, I would be successful, the best version of myself; I would think big […]
How Mindful Eating Helped Me Overcome Eating Disorders
Posted on February 7, 2020 //
by Kevin D. Burciaga Tell me if this sounds familiar: You open a large bag of chips because you want a salty snack. You take one bite, and then you open your e-mail, respond to a few e-mails, read a couple of articles that come into your news feed, then you check your social media […]
Control And Mindfulness
Posted on January 23, 2020 //
by Lawrence Van Rensburg Control – probably all of us get a bit obsessed over it at some point in our lives. The more of it we can get, the better our lives will be. At least, that is what we tell ourselves. It is one of those “if only I could get this one […]
Letting Go of Letting Go
Posted on November 25, 2019 //
by Jake Kessler Although I am not a formal meditation teacher, I get an opportunity a few times a week to share my experience and to help facilitate a few groups with other aspiring practitioners. We all are bound by a belief that spiritual living is more than a coping mechanism. It’s a way of […]