Do You Find That Fighting Change Is Like Wrestling The Ocean?

Heather ElliottCompassion, Coping With Change, Gratitude, Guest Posts, How To Practice Mindfulness, Ideas For Your Mind, Managing Thoughts & Emotions, Mindfulness

“The first step towards getting somewhere is to decide that you are not going to stay where you are.” – John Pierpont Morgan We wrestle with change possibly more than with anything else in life… Is it the right thing to do? Will I regret this decision? How do I know what choice to make? I don’t like where I’m … Read More

What Gets In The Way Of Mindfulness?

Kaspa ThompsonGuest Posts, How To Practice Mindfulness, Ideas For Your Mind, Managing Thoughts & Emotions, Mindfulness

What gets in the way of mindfulness? Picking and choosing… I’ve recently started referring to an ancient Chinese poem in some of my mindfulness meditation classes.  In the first couple of lines it speaks of the wisdom of not picking and choosing. What does this mean? Surely we make choices every day? How does picking and choosing get in the … Read More

Are You Mindfully Listening To Your Intuition?

Patricia BiggerGuest Posts, How To Practice Mindfulness, Ideas For Your Mind, Intuition, Listening, Managing Thoughts & Emotions, Mindfulness

Are You Mindfully Listening To Your Intuition? Have you ever just had a feeling about someone or a situation that you couldn’t put a logical explanation to? This “feeling” is your intuition – your gut instinct – a sensation – but what is it exactly? Your intuition is “the ability to understand something immediately, without the need for conscious reasoning.” … Read More