Gratitude has been part of my mindfulness practice since I read research that found if you write 3 things a day you are grateful for, for a week - 6 months later you will have a stronger sense of well-being than someone who doesn't! So lets do that this week - lets share what we… Continue reading Mindful Gratitude
Just last week I had an experience which was a perfect metaphor for dealing with feelings mindfully. I went down to my local calm swimming lagoon, with my goggles and snorkel for a quick refreshing swim before our mindfulness practice group on Tuesday. I should mention here that I have a mild fear of stingrays....… Continue reading Mindful Emotions
Take a minute to reflect on how it feels to be really listened to, and how it feels to be only partially or hardly listened to! Start noticing today when this happens....and then begin to notice when you really listen - and when you don't... I thought I was a good listener until I did… Continue reading Mindful Listening
I love the Mindful Pause because it is so easy to adapt to anything happening in our life right now, the good, the bad and the indifferent! Some call it the STOP practice but I got the idea of the mindful pause from the Bringing Up Great Kids program, ACF, and I love the concept. With… Continue reading Mindful Pause…
I love mindful walking, tuning into what I can hear, feel, see; especially if I am doing that at the beach or in the forest.... and yet I can talk myself out of it, all of the time! 'I have better things to do, I don't have time, is it worth it, really?' Last Friday… Continue reading Mindful Walking
How tightly we can hold our thoughts, our beliefs, our fears, so sure that our negative view of the world is the truth, is reality. and yet we can catch ourselves and STOP and BREATHE and REFRAME what is happening to focus on what's gone well, what we're grateful for, what is right in our… Continue reading Creating Space & a New View
I had someone ask me the other day 'when did you start learning about mindfulness?' And my answer was 'Early 2011 when I started an MBSR course (Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction) with Nique Murch, an Openground Facilitator'. But that question (like all good questions) got me thinking and really there have been a lot more twists and turns in… Continue reading My Mindfulness Journey…
How can we help our children & teenagers to be more resilient, to ride out the bad times as well as enjoy the good times with confidence and competence? And how can we, as parents, give our kids the tools and strategies to grow into capable, independent, resilient (& mindful) young adults? These are important… Continue reading Raising Resilient Kids
I've been doing a lot of reading lately about how if we can change our focus then our whole outlook or 'story' of what just happened or is about to happen changes... and one of my teachers recently said: if we choose a particular focus we can create a whole new habit, an interesting thought....it really… Continue reading Choose Your Focus….and change your life…
My Favourite way of explaining the brain to children but also to parents! Thank you Dr Dan Siegel! Mostly I am so flat out with life and trying to be more mindful myself that I must admit I don’t do enough teaching of mindfulness to my 4 children….not as much as I would like to… Continue reading Helping our children be more mindful (reblogged from June 2014)
