Adult: Tell me, what happens when you’re naughty? Child: When I’m naughty, my Mum becomes very cross. Sometimes Mummy shouts...
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Adult: Did you know that there’s no such thing as naughty? Child: Well, that’s just not true. Everyone knows about...
Once, when I was young, I was helping run a summer camp with other young adults, and someone asked if...
I remember my early experiences in therapy—I sat in the client chair while I uncovered a core belief that helped...
The mind’s idea of an unconditional loving self Within the mind, the idea of an unconditionally loving self is an...
For about 20 years, I’ve been involved in assessing and diagnosing hundreds of children and adults with autism and Asperger’s...
Dr. Ihaleakala Hew Len About 10 years ago, I came across the story of Dr. Ihaleakala Hew Len, a psychologist...
Christmas Feeling That Christmas Day feeling is here again. It’s Christmas Day, Christmas time, Chestnuts roasting on an open fire....
Life is unconditional acceptance A n alignment with the present moment allows us to feel the neutrality of stillness, the...
Children are Dying I see the news and I cry That sweet little girl died Twenty-two so far And terrible...
I have you here with me in my mind And I’m loving every thought about you. I see your picture...
All ideas are mind-made concepts All our thoughts and ideas about mindfulness are mind-made concepts and ideas that have nothing...
We’re both nothing and everything in the “here and now” Whatever you’re experiencing right now is neither right nor wrong,...
Life is all about being with “what is” Your present-moment experience is all there is. It’s all you have; it’s...
The “mind problem” We’re so attached to thought that we believe in, “I think, therefore I am,” a statement originally...
Mindful awareness has nothing to do with thinking Mindfulness is available to all. The experience of mindful awareness doesn’t have...
Metacognition and the mind Metacognition is a term used by psychologists that refers to thinking about thinking: thinking about our...
The Deepest Wound 1. The deepest wound. My wound, your wound, Was the first, the most cutting, The damage done,...
It’s all about noticing Mindfulness is noticing. When we “do” mindfulness, we’re trying to obtain something, to change something, to...
Acceptance of Negativity 1. Look at me, I’m positively positive. I’m a positive thinker. I do positive thinking. It is...
Today, the vast majority of people on this planet have no concept of conscious awareness or mindfulness. Many of those...
The mind thinks it’s always right The mind can’t help but think it’s always right. Every single one of our...
The Mindful Acceptance of Beliefs I think, therefore I am. But who am I? What am I? I am whatever...
Acceptance of “the way it is” Human suffering is human. Awareness is just aware of it all, without thought. Awareness...
