Pain takes many forms: physical discomfort, emotional tension, mental struggle, or even the subtle unease of boredom or restlessness. Yet all of these are not signs that life is going wrong, they are signs that life is happening. Pain is a prerequisite for being alive. Just as we feel hunger to remind us to nourish…Read More

Alan Watts, the British philosopher who popularised Eastern wisdom in the West, often spoke about one of life’s strangest puzzles: the paradox of desire. Why is it that the harder we chase happiness, peace, or success, the further away it seems? And why do these things often arrive the moment we stop forcing them? This…Read More

Understanding Sunday Neurosis Sunday Neurosis can manifest as a sense of dread, unease, or restlessness as the leisurely pace of the weekend gives way to the structured demands of the upcoming week. This condition is not limited to Sundays; it can occur before the end of any holiday or time off, whenever an individual contemplates…Read More

We all live with some fear, it’s natural. Fear is what stops us causing ourselves harm. But ironically, fear can also cause us harm. Fear stops us from doing what we want to do. It makes us “get in our way” and prevents us fulfilling our potential and following our dreams. For example: your entire…Read More

Mindfulness is simply the practice of being fully present. This means paying attention to what is happening in the now, and not being pulled backwards into thoughts of the past, or forwards into speculation of the future. A state of mindfulness is conducive to our wellbeing because when we are present we become free of…Read More

Mindfulness is not a complicated therapy or practice that takes years to learn. It’s actually something that you can start with immediately and will greatly benefit your life. In this post I will explain how you can start today, with one simple mind hack that I call ‘the gap between the watcher and the mind’.…Read More

The concept of mindfulness is easy enough to understand. The idea is to focus your awareness on the present moment. You acknowledge and accept your thoughts and feelings  as part of that presence without letting thoughts of the past, or anxieties over the future, dictate what is real and actually happening now. There’s no place…Read More

The Power of Awareness course is a 7-week online mindfulness training course developed and presented by renowned mindfulness teachers Tara Brach and Jack Kornfield. The goal of the course is to help participants cultivate mental clarity, compassion and overall well-being in their lives. The training is centered around the power of the present moment, which…Read More

Armed with just a tape recorder and a tiny studio, a woman with a passion for sharing spiritual wisdom decided to follow her dream. In 1985, Tami Simon founded what we know now as a very successful multimedia publishing company – Sounds True. Growing from a one-woman company to a business that employs more than…Read More

Mindfulness is a state of purposeful attention in the present. When you are mindful, you observe your thoughts and feelings without judging them as good or bad. Mindfulness is to step into the moment, the here and now, to cultivate a pure awareness of the true nature of things; unspoiled by the mind’s persistent evaluation and…Read More