Gratitude is something that is so simple and really feels amazing, yet so many of us struggle to grasp this simplicity or to believe we have the ability to be grateful. This can be due to many different things: the way you were raised, the people you surround(ed)...

‘Another integration that deepens through Buddhist practice is the relationship between anicca (impermanence) and patience (kṣānti).’ Everyday Buddhism

I married a man I thought I knew. I believed in him. I believed in us. I believed in the love that had carried us through ten years together before our wedding day. I trusted that he would never hurt me. I trusted that he could hold my past trauma with care, that he...

“Love yourself first and everything else falls into line.” ~Lucille Ball The first time I experienced burnout, I was twenty-six. I was at the height of my career in London, doing it all, and yet I somehow found myself back at my parents’ house, sobbing in my mom’s...

‘Within our mind there is a Buddha, and that Buddha within is the real Buddha. If Buddha is not to be sought within our mind, where shall we find the real Buddha?’ Hui Neng

‘Ordinarily, when we give, we are aware of ourselves as the giver, of the object as the gift, and of the person receiving it. These distinctions create a sense of separation between the three elements. But in true giving, these distinctions fall away.’ Everyday...

Crowds cluster around the gates of Bhutan’s national stadium, begging to be let in. But the gates are locked. At just 7 am, the stadium is already full, and security guards worry that if they admit more people, someone will get injured. This is the first day of the...

“Come back to yourself. Return to the voice of your body. Trust that much.” ~Geneen Roth I may be showing my age, but here goes… It has come to my attention that I’m like a paddle ball. To anyone born in the 21st century: for context, before handheld devices ruled the...