I ride my bike several times a week for exercise. It’s also relaxing, because the path I take goes along a creek where I frequently see egrets, hawks, turtles, rabbits, and the occasional deer or two. It winds through a thick patch of trees and eventually ends in a public park containing an amphitheater dedicated to […]
10 Ways Mindfulness Has Made Me Happier
Posted on July 21, 2015 //
People often ask me if mindfulness has ‘worked’ for me, and if so, how. It’s become so obvious to me how the practice has improved my life, that sometimes I don’t think to be explicit about this. So I thought maybe it was time to do just that. These benefits have unfolded over the last […]
Dealing with the Darkness of Chronic Illness: How Mindfulness Helps Me to Turn on the Light
Posted on June 10, 2015 //
By Kate Libby The happiest people don’t necessarily have the best of everything but they make the most of everything. ~ Sam Cawthorn Very early on in my illness, only a month or so after diagnosis, a neurologist who had been involved in some of my diagnostic testing urged me to try out mindfulness meditation. […]
A Solitary Raisin: The Transformative Power of Mindfulness
Posted on May 20, 2015 //
by Piers McEwan It will be good for you, they said. It will relax you, they said. It will bring you out of that hole, they said. Perhaps it would, perhaps it wouldn’t, I thought. My judgement was cloudy and non-existent, the numbing effect of the SSRIs the doctor had said. Those minuscule pink pills […]
The Importance of Speaking The Truth
Posted on April 22, 2015 //
by Natalie Edwards In such a busy world, the importance of speaking the truth has never been more meaningful. As human beings, we are so bombarded by gossip, loud noise and messages about how we should be living our lives, it’s no wonder many of us become overwhelmed and get confused about what we really […]
Mindfulness and Loneliness
Posted on February 19, 2015 //
by Sarah Williams Everyone gets lonely. At least that’s what I was always told. Family, teachers, guidance counselors and even a therapist shrugged off my wild bouts of depression like they were a normal part of adolescence. And maybe loneliness is normal. Maybe there’s a tiny void inside every human heart that can never quite […]
OCD, Mindfulness and Me
Posted on February 5, 2015 //
by Emily The relationship started when I was 14. It was powerful, all-consuming and addictive and I became obsessed. I had been seduced by OCD. Obsessive Compulsive Disorder affects approximately 1.2% of the population. It is better known for its quirky image of neuroticism and excessive hand-washing, but it is so much more than that. […]
In Honour of my Friend: A Message from the Dying
Posted on February 4, 2015 //
by Alex Ratcliffe I have a friend who is terminally ill; she does not have very long to live. And as often happens with these things, she was blindsided with the diagnosis and the prognosis: inoperable. She has faced the inevitable with her typically inspiring strength, dignity and wisdom. Nevertheless, through the tears and the […]