Fear Can Be A Great Teacher

Jana PrackovaBe Yourself, Fear, Guest Posts, Inspire Me...

How can fear be a great teacher? Growing up, I was a shy, quite girl with a rich inner world and a vivid imagination. I was afraid to speak up and believed I was not good enough. I was scared to raise my hand at school, not because I wouldn’t know the right answer to a question, but because I … Read More

You Do You – The Practice Of Self-Care

Tasha DavidsonBe Yourself, Guest Posts, How To Practice Mindfulness, Ideas For Your Mind, Mindfulness

The practice of self-care. We get really focused on what it is that our neighbor is or isn’t doing. What our friends, or worse yet – our enemies, have going on or don’t have going on. How we get so focused on everything and everyone around us and we spend little time attending to our own backyard. It’s easier to acknowledge … Read More

Don’t rain on my parade – On Mindfulness and uninvited guests.

Fernanda EcheniqueBe Yourself, Guest Posts, How To Practice Mindfulness, Ideas For Your Mind, Meditation, Mindfulness

On Mindfulness and Uninvited Guests… Thoughts are party poopers… You invite them into your little gathering, a.k.a life, and they’ll ruin everything. You know those guests that you thought would be the life of the party but you kinda early on realize they are a nightmare? Yeah, thoughts are like that. Exactly like that. Thoughts are high maintenance. Spoiled brats … Read More

Mindful Misconceptions: What Mindfulness Is And What It Is Not…

KatBe Yourself, Benefits Of Mindfulness, Guest Posts, How To Practice Mindfulness, Ideas For Your Mind, Inspire Me..., Mindfulness

What Mindfulness Is And What It Is Not… Amongst recent fads in fitness (waist trainers, vibration belts, CrossFit), diet (gluten-free, Paleo, juicing), and self-help (positive thinking, adult colouring books, gratitude), mindfulness meditation has rapidly risen to awareness. Despite its increasing popularity, however, very few people can clearly define and explain what mindfulness actually is. Is mindfulness simply another fad? Does … Read More