by Michelle Maiellaro Back in 2014, my mind heeded none of the signs as my body rebelled against me. For more than a month, a slight fever clung to me, my heart hammered at any physical exertion, and my knees threatened to buckle when climbing stairs. Convinced this ailment would eventually disappear, I ignored […]
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 […]
Heartbreak: How Mindfulness and Meditation Helped Me Heal
Posted on December 18, 2018 //
by Desire Klingensmith For anyone who’s experienced grief, the pain of waking is familiar. Of course, it’s not actually waking up that’s painful, but reality washing over you again. You wake up and your memories blossom one moment later. My eyes opened onto the walls of my run-down, one bedroom apartment. It was early July. […]
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 […]
Freedom In Captivity: How Mindfulness Has Helped Me Cope With Life In Prison And Transformed My Life
Posted on April 17, 2018 //
by Scott Brooks Long before I ended up in prison, I wasted so much time abusing myself. I had a professional’s ranking in the guilt game. From childhood, I had been conditioned to believe that guilt was an unavoidable factor in punishment. I couldn’t let it go, because I felt obligated to writhe in it. […]
3 Things We Can Unlearn To Boost Mindfulness
Posted on February 4, 2018 //
Learning mindfulness isn’t so much about taking on new skills, as it is about letting go of the things that get in the way. With increased awareness, we begin to shine a spotlight on all the unhelpful habits and perspectives that have been tripping us up in life. Some of these are deeply ingrained beliefs, […]
Wise Resistance: The Role of Mindfulness in the Trump Era
Posted on February 22, 2017 //
by Joel Groover Helen Barnes Vantine is seeing a new syndrome of sorts among her psychotherapy patients in Atlanta—an upwelling of anger, anxiety and sadness stirred by thoughts of President Donald Trump. “A number of my patients just cannot stop talking about how upset they are, their outrage and what they’re going to do about […]