My Long-Awaited Return to Vipassana
A day-by-day remembering of my third 10-Day Vipassana Meditation Course
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- Jul 5, 2022
- 2 min
The Energy Cost of Being Less YOU
Hiding away the 'weird' parts of you takes up a lot of mental and emotional bandwidth you could use for bigger and better things!
- Oct 25, 2021
- 3 min
Savouring: An Awesome (and Under Appreciated) Way to Practice Mindfulness
Something that really grinds my gears is the way people so consistently conflate mindfulness with meditation. Sure, meditation is a great...
- Sep 20, 2021
- 5 min
Frustration as Fuel
Blerg! Frustration!! One of everyone’s least favourite emotions (according to me, based on direct observation of myself and others and...
- Sep 13, 2021
- 6 min
About Asking For (and Receiving) Help from Others
It’s hard to find a consensus about anything these days, but in my experience most people agree that it’s hard to ask someone to help...
- Dec 18, 2019
- 11 min
My Sorta Secretive Return to Vipassana (a.k.a. Meditation Jail)
I’ve recently returned home from my second Vipassana course! Oh, you didn’t know? That’s because it was a sorta secretive return. I just...
- Jul 2, 2018
- 6 min
So... I'm Going to Jail!
In a couple days, I'll be checking myself into Mindfulness Jail. That’s the funny-because it's-also-kinda-true nickname I’ve given to the...
- Feb 4, 2018
- 4 min
Self-Criticism and Self-Compassion: A Mindset Smackdown
Yesterday was a stellar day for me (yes, thank you, *curtsies gracefully*). Just joking! I managed to disappoint and embarrass myself, in...
- Nov 13, 2017
- 6 min
Why Advice Is Not a Dirty Word
IN THE COACHING WORLD, ADVICE IS A DIRTY WORD. Life Coaches are taught to help people tease out their own answers from their smarty pants...
- Apr 13, 2017
- 5 min
Mindfulness In The Rain
If you know me, then you know I can blather on about mindfulness an awful lot, in a way that is at least marginally useful, if not...
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