by Kirsty Morgan When I first found out about ‘mindfulness’, or more importantly my lack of it, it was a few years ago on the back of some management training. At the time I had recently had a promotion and was working part-time, juggling parenting and working (along with all the other obligations that life […]
Making Friends With My Anxiety
Posted on October 30, 2018 //
As a wellbeing coach and mindfulness teacher, I don’t just share from the theory of mindfulness, but from my own experience too. Here’s my own story about how mindfulness and self-kindness transformed my relationship with anxiety – from outright war, to acceptance and befriending. This process unfolded for me some years ago, and I’ve included […]
Practicing Mindfulness Every Day
Posted on August 8, 2018 //
by Matthew Jones It was 5 a.m. when I found out the results of the 2016 election. The sun had yet to lift its head above the horizon, and the narrow Barcelona alleyway where I lived was still dormant. I’d fallen asleep before the results were official on the other side of the pond, and […]
My Mindfulness Journey
Posted on August 8, 2018 //
by Alex Moore My story begins five years ago, when I was first diagnosed with a mental illness. Like many others in my situation, the first verdict wasn’t the right one at all. What doctors first pinned down as being a case of borderline personality disorder quickly evolved into full-blown schizophrenia. It took them two […]
This Too Shall Pass
Posted on July 9, 2018 //
by Susan Shea We recently lost my mother-in-law to cancer. Her diagnosis was a shock, and we lost her less than two months after her cancer was discovered. One day, my husband returned from visiting with her and said he didn’t know what to talk about with her now because he realized that much of […]
Mindfulness Happens… Even When You Aren’t Trying
Posted on June 4, 2018 //
by Linda A. Curtis When mindfulness reveals an intuitive insight, will you pay attention? I thought that my life was “fine” when it wasn’t. I was in my early thirties, married to a good man, working as a trainer at a bank and living the life of a Jehovah’s Witness. That life involved knocking […]
The Turning Point
Posted on June 3, 2018 //
An extract from The Turning Point, a new mindfulness book by Jon Wilde and Gerard Evans. Devised by Jon Wilde and Gerard Evans, who jointly run the Brighton Mindfulness Centre, featuring key contributions from expert nutritionist Martina Watts, The Turning Point is a unique mindfulness-based course geared towards firmly grounding you in the practice. The […]
Mindfulness: My Wake Up Call
Posted on April 18, 2018 //
by Hillary Goldthwait-Fowles Life is filled with moments. There are moments of pure bliss, joy, love, happiness. There are also moments of sadness, despair, anger, resentment, guilt, shame, and blame. Life is very much a yin-yang kind of thing. Sometimes, there is a defining moment in our lives that serves as a wake up call. […]