Seeing and Letting Go of Filters
We don’t just see the world or ourselves in it. We see the world as filtered by our experience, past and present. It’s like we are all wearing a pair of glasses that colour everything …
Category: Written Teachings
Guided Meditation – Letting it Be. And loving what is
Meditation isn’t about making anything happen. It’s just about giving ourselves an opportunity to see what’s happening and then to choose how we want to be with it. We can’t choose what’s happening. But we …
To Best Support Our Kids, We Need to First Support Ourselves
I always thought that when I yelled at my daughter, it was because of her. I was wrong. It’s not her. It’s me. It turns out, I yell because I’m stressed not because she’s doing …
Sticky Brains Resources – Introducing Negativity Bias to Kids
Sticky Brains teaches children about the negativity bias, mindfulness, and neuroplasticity. Here are some ways (discussion and activities) to bring these ideas to life with your students or children: Right now feels like the perfect …
Suggestions for when everything feels uncertain: coronavirus response
Here are some thoughts and strategies for managing fears and cultivating kindness and compassion amid this epidemic For anyone who is really struggling with getting anything done It’s totally understandable that you can’t think straight …
Mindfulness makes you calm (and other myths)
Spoiler alert: mindfulness is not about being calm! It’s not about making your thoughts go away. And it doesn’t always feel pleasant. (But you should do it anyway) This week I had the opportunity to …
Being a parent is hard. Mindfulness can help.
Being a parent is hard. Super hard. You are often overwhelmed, under-prepared, overtired, and under-resourced. Mindfulness can’t make all that go away. It can’t stop the screaming toddler, the grunting teenager, or the colicky baby. …
Why We Are Here – Mindfulness in the University Classroom
School is all about learning new things and training your brain. You can’t learn something new if you don’t know what’s already in your head. It’s the first day of a new semester. I’m standing …
Reframing the practice of meditation
You don’t have to be good at meditation. You don’t have to get anywhere or accomplish anything. It’s enough to just sit there. As someone who is a lifelong perfectionist and achiever, if not over-achiever, …
What Meditation Really Looks Like
Meditation needs a serious PR makeover. A major image reboot. If you do a google search for meditation, you’ll come up with all sorts of pictures of beautiful people on the beach. They look calm. …
