Look up for a spacious mind
Looking up to the sky above you can literally change your mind. So we have been told to look up our entire lives. Hold your head high, chin up. Make sure you look up and have good eye contact. Don’t slouch. But are we ‘really ‘looking up or just looking out or back in at…
Five myths about happiness
The five myths of happiness and how mindfulness can make you feel better. What does happiness have to do with being mindful? I want to talk about happiness and the five myths that many people believe. Everyone’s definition of happiness is different. We have a few beliefs that have been ingrained into our minds and…
Why is breathing always used for Mindfulness?
Why do we focus on our breathing when it comes to mindfulness? You can’t escape breathing. We might as well be mindful when we do it. Think of these mind-boggling statistics… You breathe about 16 breaths a minute. 23, 000 breaths a minute 8.5 million breaths a year. Say WHAT? I told you it was…
Coping with the stress of watching war
This is a difficult time for everyone, especially the people in Ukraine. This episode is for us who are on the sidelines looking from an outside perspective and who also feel overwhelmed and a bit helpless watching a war take over a country. During these times the world can feel heavy with the weight of…
Watching your thoughts and letting them go-Mini-Meditation
Watching our thinking gives us perspective on what is real and what is not. As you become aware of what you are thinking, you can then let the thoughts go…easily. We have an internal dialogue or a voice in our head that seems to talk to us all the time. This is the thing, you…