Radical compassion is a special compassion practice. Compassion is the practice of seeing, at a foundational level, the goodness of all beings and recognizing that all beings long to feel happy and at peace. Special compassion practice involves cultivating the capacity to feel in one’s heart a desire to release all beings from suffering and […]
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Emotional resilience is our ability to bounce back quickly and with relative ease during difficult times and meet future stressors with greater ease. When we experience stressful times, such as the pandemic, loss, illness, or climate related disasters, we may experience fatigue, anxiety, sadness, or overwhelm. Even in the midst of stressful times, there are things […]
May these inspirational quotes about resilience inspire you! Inspirational quotes about resilience can offer support and encouragement on your path toward being resilient. “My barn having burned down, I can now see the moon.” –Mizuta Masahide “Rock bottom became the solid foundation in which I rebuilt my life.” – J.K. Rowling “Life doesn’t get easier or […]
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Foundations of Well-Being 2.0
The Foundations of Well-Being 2.0 course is open for registration until January 15, 2023. We face challenges every day. While fixing a single particular problem helps in any given moment… eventually, more obstacles arise, and we’re left feeling overwhelmed, stressed, irritable, and depleted. You’ve probably seen this yourself. Happily, much research has shown that the […]
How can we practice meditation for peace in difficult times? Lately it seems there is so much suffering in the world. How do we find our center amidst all that what is happening in the present? And how can we become more resilient during difficult times? We can use mindfulness and meditation practice to help […]
I’m always curious about how we can apply brain science to make our lives better, and I love thinking about how to apply neuroscience to writing well. I’ve been writing and coaching writers long enough to know that many of us struggle with creative anxiety and other creative blocks unless we learn how to work […]
Just write! How many times have we all heard that or said it to ourselves? As a writer, I know how impossible that can sometimes feel. But when you practice mindful writing, it becomes so much easier. Once you’ve taken the long walk from getting up to getting to your desk, mindful writing can help […]
It’s possible to learn to completely bypass writer’s block and enjoy writing again. Mindful writing is a practice that blends mindfulness and writing to help you to observe your experience without becoming so entangled in it. With practice, mindful writing can help you to observe your inner critic without believing what it tells you. It […]
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Mindful Wintering for Mental Wellness
How’s your mental wellness? It’s November, I’ve noticed that moods are leaning a bit more toward grey and blue. We are tired, and we are tired of it. Pandemic fatigue is a real thing, and in spite of our hopes that things would be better, the pandemic has again worsened this month. How do we […]
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How to Change Anything
If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude. –Maya Angelou We stop growing when we stop believing that change is possible. When I was in my early twenties, I became frustrated with photography. The image that I saw in nature was not the image that came out on film. […]