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

Moments of clarity come at unexpected times, usually when we’re temporarily distracted from the grasping and striving of the daily grind. These moments come upon us suddenly, and for a few seconds or more, everything just seems to fall in to place and make sense, almost indescribably so. One of these moments graced my presence…Read More

The miracle of mindfulness touches us in different ways at different times, and it naturally catches us off guard, usually in a moment of complete awareness and spontaneity. This week I was touched by such a miracle when I just let go, thought what the heck and did something I should have done years ago. This…Read More

It is pretty hard to feel content in a world that is consistently offering you the “next best thing”. I mean, how can your possibly pay attention to the now when you can’t wait for the future to arrive? Because it will be better, right? It will be bigger, faster, more efficient, more effective, more…Read More