Life, as we know, does not always go as planned, or as we think it should, so how do we learn to accept and then cope with the cards that we are dealt?  One of the greatest gifts that practicing mindfulness gives us is a mental strength and an ability […]

There is no ‘end goal’ when it comes to practicing mindfulness meditation. When you learn the skills of compassion-based mindfulness and practice these skills regularly, it very much becomes a way of approaching, living, and enhancing your life. I was particularly struck recently, at the last session of an introductory […]

Over the course of this past year, we have all been catapulted well and truly out of our comfort zones and change can be difficult, even at the best of times. We have been required to cope with a series of rapid and unexpected events and then a much longer-than-anticipated […]

“Nothing is so beautiful as Spring”  The seasons remind us of the notion of impermanence, that everything changes, nothing stays the same, and by aligning ourselves with the seasons and the changes each one brings, we can be more at home in ourselves and more accepting of the ups and […]

In 2019, back in those wonderful times when we could travel freely, I attended The Mindful Living Show in London, mainly because my mindfulness teacher-training organisation, The Mindfulness Association, was represented there.  There was a whole other event running alongside it, called ‘The Sleep Show’, dedicated to exploring tips and […]

While we may agree that this latest lockdown is necessary, it is still very hard on us all.  Life is quite different now and, while we cannot control how the future will pan out, we still have choices available to us. Have we really learned to slow down this past […]