As I prepared to listen to TEDxBarcelona “Happy Maps” featuring Daniele Quercia, I wondered why I was drawn to this talk. At Yahoo! Labs in Barcelona, Daniele and his colleagues imagined new ways to use online maps to improve our lives. While his talk had certainly caught my attention, what did it have to do with mindful living? What might I learn that I
Continue reading » TEDxTalk Tuesday: Happy Maps by Daniele Quercia
“Nothing else matters so much, to reassure one another, to answer each other. Everyone has inside himself – what shall I call it? A piece of good news." —Ugo Betti This quote warms my soul and brings a smile. Did it impact you this way? I find, in my life, I believe in the goodness of others, the silver lining, the never-ending possibility in all things.
Continue reading » Mindful Minute: A Piece of Good News by Ugo Betti
Haven’t we all been there? “I’ve GOT to get this done!”… “What’s wrong with me?”… “I can’t believe I’ve put this off for so long!” “I’m such a procrastinator!” If any of these expressions sound familiar or speak to you in any way, please read on… I found myself saying these words recently and feeling, as a result, guilty and ashamed. It has been months
Continue reading » Procrastination… the Art of Hesitation
I recently watched a TEDxSeattle talk by Vicki Robin on Relational Eating and I am inspired and impacted by her words. She speaks to the need, in America, to restore regional food and farming to our lives and to the challenge to remake our industrial food system by shifting our eating from industrial to local. “Food is no longer ‘out there’, rather it is
Continue reading » TEDxTalkTuesday: Relational Eating by Vicki Robin
“The inner life of any great thing will be incomprehensible to me until I develop and deepen an inner life of my own.” —Parker Palmer This quote moves me deeply as I am learning how to truly know something or someone. If I am not in touch with my own inner life and if I have not cultivated a deep self-understanding then I am at the mercy of my limited
Continue reading » Mindful Minute: Inner Life by Parker Palmer
Happy New Year everyone! January is celebrated in many countries as a time to say goodbye to the “old” and welcome the “new” into our lives. It is a month for setting a list of well-intentioned goals for the upcoming year. As I ponder the whole concept of New Year’s resolutions and how easily the most determined of us fall down and come short of meeting the
Continue reading » A Single Word Can Be a Powerful Thing
Over the years, I have written many articles and posts on understanding mindfulness and mindfulness meditation. Through comments, questions and my own experience, I've come to realize that the biggest misunderstanding seems to be one regarding the difference between mindfulness itself and mindfulness meditation. The wandering mind is often confusing to folks
Continue reading » Mindfulness Meditation: What It Is and What It Isn’t
[EXCERPT from: The #1 Thing to Ditch From Your Diet Right Now] Take a guess at what the #1 thing to ditch right now from your diet is. Is it gluten? (Surely, since it damages the gut lining.) How about sugar? (Must be it. It’s the one thing we know we should limit.) Dairy? (Inflammatory for so many folks.) Legumes? (Lots of carbs with less
Continue reading » The #1 Thing to Ditch From Your Diet Right Now
In the US, 80% of girls have been on a diet by the time they're 10 years old. In this honest, raw TED Talk, neuroscientist Sandra Aamodt uses her personal story to frame an important lesson about how our brains manage our bodies, as she explores the science behind why dieting not only doesn't work, but is likely to do more harm than good. If you or someone
Continue reading » Sandra Aamodt: Why dieting doesn’t usually work
“…everything can be taken from us but the last of human freedoms…the freedom to choose our spirit in any circumstance.” Viktor E Frankl 'The Heart & Soul of Forgiveness' is an excerpt from my forthcoming book, 21 Days of Living Mindfully, offering a timely topic for starting the New Year off from a place of inner peace and compassion. I hope that you
Continue reading » The Heart & Soul of Forgiveness
