LoveMindfulness

Was my body showing me how to grieve? I'd signed up for my regular New Year (online) retreat months ago. The natural pause between...

The separation of death is not as absolute as it might seem A huge flock of gulls rose up from down the hill, mesmerising as they wheeled...

She made a decision which would alter the course of her life from that point. She saw how easy it would be to spiral into anger and...

I have never seen a billboard that says:   You have enough. You do enough. You are enough. Online advertisers seem to know that I am...

This does not tend to feature in the marketing of mindfulness! I was so cross when I received that email! It was the latest salvo in a...

Shame is an uncomfortable, unwanted, emotion. But is it always a bad thing? I arrived early in the meditation room, looking for a place...

Ellie (as I'll call her here) arrived at our school with a fearsome reputation. I was warned: “Watch out! She’ll go for your eyes!”...

I have tried a few times to express appreciation to my friend. He has a big heart and he’s also a capable, practical man. But he shies...

There is a well-known definition of mindfulness by Jon Kabat-Zinn: Mindfulness is the awareness that emerges through paying attention on...

When I say I’ve recently come home from a week in Spain, a typical response is, ‘Nice, I hope you had a lovely holiday!’. Well, it wasn’t...

It’s the weekend and I’m taking the day off work to relax. It’s not easy! From force of habit, I click onto my inbox and spot a message...

Can we be confident without being certain? Life is unpredictable, which leaves us feeling vulnerable. We could even say, with certainty,...

It is a little-mentioned fact that mindfulness requires bravery. It takes courage to face our less appealing aspects. The feelings that...

When we focus on where we would like to be, anything short of that can seem unsatisfactory. Being over-focused on the future, we may lose...

As we strolled through the woods, our conversation took a turn that gave me a jolt. My friend Hannah and I had both been noting a...

Yesterday, three-year-old Tara cried for five hours straight. The earache was painful for her but also for her parents, for whom her pain...

This is not how I want to see myself. Or how I wish others to see me! Yet coping with these embarrassments has shown me something about...

Our media portray adventure-filled, best-seats-in-the-house lifestyles. We are urged to never let go of our dreams. Yet, this can be the...

Sufi master Uwais was asked "How do you feel?" He replied, "Like one who has risen in the morning and does not know if he will be dead in...

As a young woman, I saw myself as someone who did not get angry, imagining that I was the kind, caring person I wished to be. I could...