Should you try to get over grief or accept it with mindfulness?
I recently listened to a harrowing BBC Radio interview with Matt Briggs, who’s wife Kim was run over and killed in London by an aggressive cyclist. The killer was cycling at speed, had no brakes, and...
View ArticleWhat exactly is mindfulness? Hint: it’s probably NOT what you think it is…
In 2010, when Mark and I were trying to come up with a title for our book ‘Mindfulness: Finding Peace in a Frantic World’, we were met with blank incomprehension. Almost everyone would say:...
View ArticleIs Empathy Our Most Dangerous and Self-Indulgent Emotion?
Compassion is becoming a word so widely misused that it is rapidly losing its true meaning. Many people (and organisations) appear to profess ‘compassion’ in the same way that they support eliminating...
View ArticleThe Art of Breathing: The Secret to Living Mindfully
Dissolve anxiety, stress and unhappiness, enhance your mind and unleash your creativity with these simple breathing exercises. A flock of paragliders are soaring like eagles on powerful currents of...
View ArticleCan you really find peace in a messy world simply by taking the time to...
Breathing is so ordinary, so mundane, that its true significance can easily pass us by. For thousands of years, people have used simple breathing exercises to relieve anxiety, stress, depression, and...
View ArticleIs Awe Our Most Under-Rated And Powerful Emotion?
Awe calms the mind and soothes the spirit. It defuses anxiety, stress, and unhappiness, while also inspiring curiosity and enhancing creativity. And yet, it is being snuffed out by our increasingly...
View ArticleCan Mindfulness Help Relieve Tinnitus?
One in seven people will suffer from tinnitus at some point in their lives and yet its causes are unknown and treatments are only partially effective. A new clinical trial highlights the remarkable...
View ArticleMindfulness Enhances the Performance of Elite US Special Forces
Mindfulness training significantly enhances the performance of elite US special forces, a new study has discovered. Even the simplest of mindfulness exercises were shown to enhance working memory,...
View ArticleThree Things I’ve Learned, Loved and Recycled in February
Three things I’ve learned Spring is definitely on the way. Birdsong is returning, snowdrops and crocuses are blooming, and the daffodils are reaching for the sky. A great way of noticing nature is to...
View ArticleMindfulness is a powerful painkiller that can dramatically enhance quality of...
Mindfulness is a powerful painkiller that can dramatically enhance quality of life in chronic pain sufferers, suggests new research. The findings add weight to previous studies which discovered that...
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