Acknowledging the good that you already have in your life is the foundation for all abundance. – Eckhart Tolle (all quotes...
MINDFULLY IN LINE: How to change actions through recognition, acceptance and appreciation
Events in life tend to pull us down. Whether a tough business client, or a rough patch in a relationship, it’s challenging to be able to pull happiness out of your back pocket. This is especially the case when your mind is preoccupied with thoughts.
The time you spend on your digital devices watching TV and movies or browsing the Internet can really enrich your life—or...
This collection of keep the faith quotes feature deep thoughts from religious figures, spiritual luminaries and other celebrated figures that...
On this river cruise, I expected a change of scenery and a change of pace, but not such a change...
The idea of simplifying pulls at me all the time lately. I’m tempted to clear my schedule and devote the...
You Never Really Leave the Labyrinth Step outside its sacred stones, and the ancient way slides back underfoot, tracing its...
At 55, those delightful yoga sessions that instantly feel delicious deep down in the sinews and muscles, triggering pleasure sensors...
Excerpted from The Mindful Monster by Darcie Nuttall, a therapeutic story about mindfulness for kids. Oliver Bear’s monster jumped onto...
Once a quintessential tool used when ink was the doorway to the written word, blotting paper is a highly absorbent...
Pratyahara and pencils populate my thoughts today. Back to school, I can smell the freshly sharpened pencils—not that anyone sharpens...
My recent research, covered in the new book, Behavioral Genes-why we do what we do and how to change, explains...
Night has slowly come to an end and I can hear the call of a bird slowly beckoning to other...
DEPRESSION: Ten steps to overcome it
If you’re anything like me, you’ve lived with depression for the majority of your life and may have begun to accept it as a normal aspect of daily existence. You have spent many days waking up, throwing on some sweatpants, eating something easy (or maybe not), showering
Excerpted from How to Be Happy (Or At Least Less Sad), an “ordinary” person’s guide to feeling your best throughout...
For the last month and a half, I’ve been spending a lot of my time in silence. After incurring a broken...
DISCOVERING YOUR PURPOSE: Live a life of joy, love and fulfillment
There is, without a doubt, a purpose for your life. There is a reason why you are here. There are things you were meant to do and be in this lifetime.
You are connected with everyone and everything that has stood for that purpose that has ever been or ever will be.
I’ve been meditating for many years but there are still days when I feel like it’s something I need to...
SAUDADE: Existential sadness
A pastime that gives me great pleasure, and whiles away many hours, is researching and learning foreign words and phrases for which there is no direct English translation.
Traditional mind control techniques, as purported by the creative minds of Hollywood, bring up pictures of gypsy women staring into...
A few months ago, the BBC did a piece on the death of “purposeless walking.” Many famous thinkers were walkers,...
The following article has been excerpted from 8 Minute Meditation by Victor Davich, the manual for an eight-week meditation program...
For many years I practiced mindfulness meditation as a Buddhist monk. For hours each day I paid careful attention to...
What would our lives be like if we wore a crown of petals instead of a crown of thorns? What...
