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“Oh, I have a monkey mind, it’s just too busy to be mindful!” “I don’t have time for that mindfulness stuff” I hear these phrases and others just like them a lot lately. People think that mindfulness is time consuming and difficult. Neither of these statements is usually true, it's just that it...

2020 has been a wild ride in so many ways. Ways too many to count really. The outrage The sadness The horror The I can’t even believe that…. Fill in your own blank I have lots So I’m not going to count the crazy things that happened and get lost in that spiraling down of emotion Instead I...

Caring for family is something many of us do quite naturally, after all, it’s the right thing to do, isn’t it? But when that caregiving extends for a longer period of time than a few days or weeks, it impacts the carer in ways that they never imagined. At first, it seems manageable, but over time...

There really is no question that our climate is changing and it’s affecting every aspect of our lives. What do we as individuals do about it? Is what we can do ourselves make a dent in the monstrous challenge? Can a mindful approach to living matter? Should we just throw our hands up and give up?...

We often go through our lives not recognizing the state we are in- both physically and mentally don’t we? We discover we are disconnected from our selves and our emotions and physical expression of what emotions we may be feeling. That’s just one reason we turn to a coach or therapist and tell...

In the beginning of the pandemic, the urge to jump into bed and pull the covers over our heads until it all went away was a primal response to this fear and uncertainty But now, 6 months or more into it, that’s no longer a realistic option. Hiding from our fears only makes them larger The more we...