Every time I teach Mind Calm, whether in a group or one-to-one, in person or via Skype, I talk first of all about the tiredness that will come up. I…
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We are all shocked, horrified and saddened by the loss of life in Tunisia. These were ordinary people, like you and me, taking a much anticipated break in the sun….
I was just soaking in the bath after a long and enjoyable day in Cambridge, networking and business planning, followed by an equally enjoyable exercise class. I set myself the…
There is a blank space on this page. And here is an invitation: see if you can rest with the blankness for a while. Don’t try, don’t resist. Just see…
For the past few years, a lot of my work has centred around thinking less. Why it’s a good idea, what we can gain from it, and how to go…
Today our topic is perfectionism. Or thereabouts. Oh dear, perfectionism, what a trial that used to be! I allowed perfectionism, and its attendant functions of fear of failure, procrastination and…
Onwards and upwards with thinking less and being present. Knowing that my mind was very busy and this was causing stress and even physical ill health, I started to learn…
One of the most important things to know about thinking is that it takes us away from the here and now. Always. As my meditation teacher Sandy Newbigging says, the…
Well, I never expected to be taking this turn but since I decided to commit to this blogging challenge so that I could be more obviously spiritual, I am going…
I’ve spent all of my life thinking. It’s one of the things I do best. In fact, a few years ago, when it finally occurred to me that I deserved…
Just a quick post, different from my usual ones, but I am wanting to show up as myself and keep getting my message out there: we can deal with difficult…
It’s the last day of the April UBC Challenge. This is the fourth challenge that, by the time this is posted, I will have successfully completed. For me, it has…