Stay tuned after the jump for an All the Joy Meditation to hold joyful feelings in your heart all year long. Happy St. Patrick’s Day! A holiday centered around family, friends, food, and fun? Count me in! Especially with kids who are all about leprechauns, magic, and rainbows. In previous years, I’ve made a Guiness…
Let Go of Low Self-Esteem | How Meditation Can Help
Meditation has really been a transformative practice in helping me build my own self-esteem. Today, I’m going to share some background on the subject, I’ll share some ways meditation has helped me with my self-esteem, and how you can start your own meditation practice. If you struggle with low self-esteem, meditation might be a helpful…
The Truth about Self-Confidence and 4 (or 5) Techniques That Can Help
Where has the time gone? Three weeks since my last written post. Around here we’re trying to savor the last few dwindling days of summer. My oldest daughter heads back to school next week. My youngest daughter will head to daycare, for the first time, the following week. I will head to a local community…
Cultivating Compassion in the 21st Century
Compassion is the keen awareness of the intersection of all things. – Thomas Merton Last week was pretty amazing. On Tuesday, I saw His Holiness The Dalai Lama speak on a panel about The Importance of Education in Promoting Universal Human Values. I finished the mindfulness meditation book, Wherever You Go There You Are…
Why I Started Mindfulness Meditation and How It’s Working for Me
Why did I start a mindfulness practice? Why does anyone start a new path? Usually there is something in our inner being calling us to make a change. We can either resist that calling or embrace it. I felt a desperate need to make a change. I wanted to be fully in touch with my…