Spirituality
TW: Mentions of addiction, trauma, and mental health struggles. I am 49 years old, and I have been in recovery from addiction since 2005. After many years in recovery and a failed marriage, I relapsed. In 2017, I spiraled down into a place of attention seeking,...
‘In the absence of self, the Buddha within is not diminished; rather, it shines forth unobstructed, like the sun emerging from behind clouds.’ Everyday Buddhism
‘The enlightenment in which you see your true mind and realise your true nature is transmitted outside of the scriptures; it is not based on names and words.’ Bassui Tokushō
Neuroscience can explain why your kids have the holiday gimmees. The post Are We Wired to Want Stuff? appeared first on Mindful.
Mindfulness teacher Vanessa Hutchinson-Szekely shares how sudden-onset back pain turned her life upside-down, and what she discovered on the long journey towards healing. The post What Unexpected Chronic Back Pain Taught Me: 4 Takeaways That Matter appeared first on...
The experience of nurturing a young life, entirely dependent on you (and perhaps your partner or family), is beautiful, but it also brings challenges. The transition from pregnancy, being the nongestational parent, or going through the adoption process to actually...
“Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response.” ~Viktor Frankl For years, I thought something was wrong with me. No matter what I was doing—sitting in a meeting, walking the dog, or watching TV—my brain was busy...
‘Enlightenment is not the annihilation of the self, but the awakening to the truth that the self was never real to begin with. What remains is not emptiness as a void, but emptiness as a boundless, luminous awareness — the very nature of the Buddha.’ Everyday...
Teacher Kimberly Brown explores how mindfulness practices can help us let go of anxious striving, and allow a more natural productivity to arise. The post Get It Done With Mindfulness: How to Be Productive with Attention, Kindness, and Wisdom appeared first on Mindful.
“There’s no such thing as a ‘bad kid’—just angry, hurt, tired, scared, confused, impulsive ones expressing their feelings and needs the only way they know how. We owe it to every single one of them to always remember that.” ~Dr. Jessica Stephens All children look up...