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Mindfulness is only good if….

That’s right…you practice!  It’s like exercise. You can talk about it until the cows come home, but the cows will come home and you will see no change. You don’t need to learn anymore, you don’t need to know anything special, you don’t need a special spot or place or time. You don’t need to

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A Mindful Practice to Build into Your Day

Dear Readers,   I have a wonderful article to share with you that may seem simple, but the benefits are numerous. Read on to see how mindful eating can enhance happiness and joy in your life. I hope you enjoy it. Also, there are 4 spots left in the upcoming workshop: Identifying and Breaking Through

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The Power of Asking

“Alone we can do so little. Together we can do so much.” Helen Keller   Do you try to do things all on your own? Does the thought of asking for help cause discomfort and anxiety? Do you think needing help (even subconsciously) means you are weak or not efficient?   The truth is that

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For those of you who have ever felt left out…

First of all, a special announcement: Do you know that you can feel better but you’re not sure how? Have you thought about counselling, or just yearn for a place to be seen and heard?   My home-based counselling practice has opened. I am offering a range of services from The Healing Home and I

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The Very First Thing to do with Difficult People

  We all have them… ‘those’ people that you run across in your otherwise peaceful path that for no reason at all, make your life difficult. They can be rude, indifferent or downright aggressive.   Travelling recently I found myself staying in one location for a full week. As I always do, I found a

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The middle way to peace with mindfulness

Dear Friends,   A lot of what gets us and the world into trouble falls into one of 2 extremes: rage and numbing.   Everyday we can find examples of either extreme in ourselves or in the news. We seem to vascillate between the 2 like ping pong balls. This is the fight-or-flight response designed

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The Power of Words

Good Morning Friends!   I don’t often bring politics into my blog, but there comes a time…   My work is about words. Teaching, writing, counselling, telling stories and changing the stories of our lives. The words we use and how we use them have a huge impact on those around us. The old adage

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What to do when you feel down and a special offer…

  Dear Friends,   To date, there are 103,289 books with the word ‘Happiness’ in the title listed on Amazon.com. That’s right: 103,289.   Do you think our forefathers and mothers were in such a search for this elusive thing called Happiness? Something is going on here as we now have the world at our

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How to end mind chatter

  Hello Everyone! Have you ever gone through a task, a walk, or a day literally ‘lost in thought’? That is, so caught up in the world of the mind that the outside world fades in comparison? I sure have, and those thoughts and ideas can grip so tightly they seemingly won’t let go.   

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