The 3 Minute Breathing Space
The 3 Minute Breathing Space is a mini meditation for the purpose of stepping out of automatic pilot and reconnecting with the present moment experience. This practice can be very useful when negative thought patterns arise, attempting to push you into a downward spiral of emotional reactivity. By slowing down and turning into the present…Read more
Can Mindfulness Increase Our Resilience to Stress?
VIDEO CLIP Published on Feb 20, 2013 Neuroscientist Richard Davidson and clinical mindfulness expert Jon Kabat-Zinn on how mindfulness training can lead to greater resilience to stress. An excerpt from “Becoming Conscious: The Science of Mindfulness” featuring Steve Paulson, Richard Davidson, Jon Kabat-Zinn & Amishi Jha. The New York Academy of Sciences Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Cyberbullying, Parenting and Avoiding The Knee Jerk Response
Media’s are neither good nor bad – but technology changes the way in which we communicate and behave and there are social risk factors involved. With social media comes the new phenomenon of cyber bullying. What makes cyber bullying so dangerous…is that anyone can practice it without having to confront the victim. You don’t have to…Read more
New Years Resolutions
Happy New Year!! How many of you have kicked off the New Year with a resolution? Let’s be honest, who really keeps their resolutions anyway? Setting the right type of New Year’s resolution sounds like a great idea but most people never give a second thought on how to make those resolutions a reality. They make…Read more
Letting Go
Letting go does not mean to stop caring; it means I can’t do it for someone else. Letting go is not to cut myself off; it’s the realization I can’t control another. Letting go is not to enable; but to allow learning from natural consequences. Letting go is to…Read more
