We all have those days when we get to the end of our tether with life: your partner doesn’t appreciate you, your job sucks, bills keep going up, friends are being awkward, life is unfair and you just can’t get a break. And to top it all off, you’re tired as hell! And just when you are on…Read More
What Clearing Out the Attic Reminded Me About Letting Go of the Past
I’m pretty good at letting go and moving on from past events; I’ve had a fair bit of practice over the years. But today I was reminded of just how hard it can be to let go of the past. I was reminded how people get stuck in that mental prison of what ifs and why…Read More
Understanding the Monkey Mind & How to Live in Harmony with Your Mental Companion
We all have the mind of a monkey. This analogy, slightly humorous though it may be, is actually quite salient. Consider that we humans have around fifty thousand separate thoughts each day, many of them on the same topic. You might imagine that each thought is a branch, and you, or at least the attention…Read More
10 Easy Ways to Snap Out of a Bad Mood & Find Instant Mental Peace
A bad mood can be a pretty difficult thing to shake off. Oftentimes we have no idea how we ended up in such a miserable pickle, and how to snap out of it. Bad moods have a horrible habit of lingering around, making us feel uneasy, stressed, cynical and angry at the world. Sometimes a…Read More
How to Change the World In Just 1 Second
You know that moment when you have an urge to show some love; when you’re consumed by feelings of kindness, compassion and empathy and want to do something selfless. We all feel it occasionally. It swells from somewhere deep inside and compels us to reach out and take positive action for the greater good. There doesn’t have…Read More
How to Quit and Still Win Comfortably
We’ve all been there. In fact, most of us go there at least once a week. You find yourself knee-deep and stressed in work you wish you’d never taken on. Whether it’s a project or task you’ve been given at the office, or whether you’ve promised someone you’d do something for them and don’t want…Read More
Why You Should Meditate – And a Breathing Meditation to Get You Started
If you aren’t a meditator, you probably think, “why bother?” And you probably don’t have time, right? Which makes you a perfect candidate for meditation, so do read on… And if you are a part-time meditator, or someone who dabbles occasionally when encouraged by a post like this, at times you probably find yourself questioning…Read More
How Self-Help Prevents You Finding True Happiness [& What to do About It]
The self-help world can be a deceptive and contradictory landscape, one that purposely pulls your mind from pillar to post, promising that the next method will be better than the last, and deceiving you into believing that your lack of progress is due to not “manifesting” or “visualising” enough. The rinse and repeat approach to…Read More
8-Steps To Mindful Eating – The Best Meal You’ve Had In Years
Eating is intimately connected to mindfulness, well at least eating natural foods is, anyway. This is because vegetables, plants, fruits and animals are part of the same interdependent cycle of life that we belong to. We, like every other living organism, are part of this beautifully interconnected earth, and eating is an opportunity to reconnect with Mother…Read More
How I Enhanced My Walking Meditation by Going Barefoot [Well, Almost]
The intention of walking meditation is to purposely focus on walking; to use each step as a way of bringing the mind into the present and centering attention and awareness. Historically, walking meditation was done barefoot, without shoes, or socks for that matter. And that’s still applicable if you’re walking on the grass in your garden or perhaps…Read More