Are you missing out on the beauty of today by wishing for tomorrow's happiness? We all get caught up in the whirlwind of life, constantly chasing the next big thing, the next milestone. It sometimes amazes me the extent to which we can be absent from our own lives, because we’re always wishing to be … Continue reading Learn to process life as it happens.
Like all biological creatures, a big part of what keeps us alive are the patterns created in our subconscious and embedded in our bodies, ready to fire in an instant to steer us toward safety and away from danger. Having these patterns is what makes us similar to our animal friends, but it is our … Continue reading Experience that love is your natural state!
Have you ever experienced a gnawing emptiness, a persistent void that no amount of success, possessions, or pleasures can seem to fill? You chase achievements, set ambitious goals, and celebrate victories, yet something still feels missing. It’s possible that you won’t find the answer in what you're pursuing but in what you're neglecting. Perhaps, it's … Continue reading Your soul’s desires compel you to grow.
"Self-awareness is the ability to take an honest look at your life without any attachment to it being right or wrong, good or bad." - Debbie Ford "Take an honest look at yourself!" There’s a lot to unpack here, this statement could be loaded with a lot of judgement. Have these words ever been spoken … Continue reading Take an honest look at yourself!
Our greatest sense of dis-ease, often comes from expecting ourselves to "be" only one way, like always "be"-ing happy or always "be"-ing positive - and then being very disappointed with ourselves when we find ourselves "being" in ways we don't want to "be". "Your Daily Dose" is a quick two minute read packed with bite-sized … Continue reading Finding true freedom from your fears.
Do you ever feel like you’re always giving it everything you’ve got, while the world keeps throwing you unexpected curveballs? It can feel incredibly frustrating, leaving us questioning our efforts and wondering if we're ever going to achieve the life we desire. But what if the true key to unlocking your best life lies not … Continue reading I know you’re doing your best, and I’m here to tell you that it’s enough.
For many on the path of personal growth, the goal often feels like an endless pursuit of "better"—more peace, more positivity, and more perfection. However, Debbie Ford revolutionized the self-help landscape by suggesting that our greatest power isn't found in our polished exterior, but in the parts of ourselves we have spent a lifetime trying … Continue reading Debbie Ford Collection
Imagine for a moment the scene of commuting to and from work every day in a noisy train car. Looking around you, you can see how the train is crammed with anxieties, doubts, and the echoes of others' opinions - this is a screenshot of the reality of what we’re surrounded by day after day. … Continue reading Almost as if we’ve been carrying with us a bunch of noisy passengers all along…
You are beautifully designed in all perfection. Everything you think and feel is exactly as it should be for the life experiences you have had. Your body and mind is responding to your environment in the way it was designed to, by figuring out a way to cope, a way to survive. However, your past … Continue reading You can choose between being trapped by the way your mind has become programmed, or transcending it.
Have you ever felt like love is something like a flickering candle, struggling to stay lit in the wind? It might be because the story we’ve been told about love is that it is something (or someone) outside of ourselves that we need to find and deeply connect with. But what if true love wasn't … Continue reading Unlock a wellspring of love.
The human experience is a tapestry woven with threads of both light and also shadow, joy and also sorrow, strength and also vulnerability. We often find ourselves caught in the internal struggle of reconciling these opposing forces, conditioned to label one as "good" and the other as "bad," to cling to certainty and avoid the … Continue reading Practice seeing both sides without choosing either.
When we talk about fear, or listen to talks about overcoming fear, and hear that everything we've ever wanted is on the other side of fear - it often sounds like the ways to overcome our fears are things like jumping out of an airplane or diving with sharks! "Your Daily Dose" is a quick … Continue reading Everything you’ve ever wanted is on the other side of fear.
We all strive for inner peace and a sense of freedom, yet life often throws us curveballs. Almost daily we are met with obstacles and stumbling blocks that we couldn’t have planned for, leaving us feeling frustrated, anxious, and out of control. The good news is that being happy doesn’t need us to avoid these … Continue reading This is my secret to happiness, I don’t mind what happens.
Our teacher for this week is Juddu Krishnamurthi, and here are a few thoughts from him to ponder as you look at your week ahead - "In oneself lies the whole world and if you know how to look and learn, the door is there and the key is in your hand. Nobody on earth … Continue reading When the mind is not caught in the net of certainty, it is free to be in a state of discovery.
To introduce a figure as complex and radical as Jiddu Krishnamurti, it’s best to start with the "un-learning" he so famously championed: Jiddu Krishnamurti did not want to be your guru. In fact, he spent most of his life dismantling the very idea of spiritual authority. Discovered as a young boy on the shores of … Continue reading Jiddu Krishnamurti Collection
Do you create the space to spend time in your own silence? And what benefit does spending time in stillness have? Can this benefit be described? Our teacher for this week has been Eckhart Tolle, and we'll have a look at how he describes what it is we find in silence: "Your Daily Dose" is … Continue reading The infinitely creative womb of all existence.
I think it's helpful to share quite a long piece from Eckhart Tolle in today's email. Well, I guess it’s not that long really, it’s still less than a 5 min read, and extremely helpful. But just before I post that in here, this is what I'd like you to take away from today's meditation … Continue reading The most decisive event in your life is when you discover you are not your thoughts or emotions.
Eckhart Tolle speaks about love in a very simple way, cutting right through the cultural baggage that we have collected around the word love throughout human history. He demonstrates that we tend to "feel" love from either one of these two places - Ego or Soul. "Your Daily Dose" is a quick two minute read … Continue reading What I have found in SELF, I am finding EVERYWHERE!
Our teacher this week is Eckhart Tolle, but to drive his message home today, I’ve included a thought from Alan Watts as well: "Wisdom comes with the ability to be still. Just look and listen. No more is needed." - Eckhart Tolle "You have a treasure within you that is infinitely greater than anything the … Continue reading Come and soak in the bathtub of your soul.
Know yourself as the "being" beneath the thoughts... Take a moment and really feel this statement... You have thoughts, feelings, emotions... is that who you really are? Or is there a being on a deeper level with the ability to observe all these chemical reactions without getting caught up in them? "Your Daily Dose" is … Continue reading Know yourself as the “being” beneath the thoughts…
What resides within you? Have you journeyed to that place that is the original you? The space you were created in, the universe within, vaster than any thought. Today's meditation is a guided journey to listen to your true self, the one before the noise. "Your Daily Dose" is a quick two minute read packed … Continue reading A dimension within yourself that is infinitely more vast than thought.
Looking at the week ahead, Monday morning starts as a reflection on what I want to create this week, and also how I want to create, how I want to show up. How I want to feel while I'm creating. I find that being serious about creating often brings our anxieties to the surface as … Continue reading If you surrender to the wind, you can ride it!
Eckhart Tolle is one of the most widely recognized and influential spiritual teachers of our time. His profound yet simple teachings revolve around the fundamental importance of living fully in the Present Moment. Born Ulrich Leonard Tolle in Germany, he experienced a period of deep despair in his late twenties, culminating in a transformative spiritual … Continue reading Eckhart Tolle Collection
I clearly remember waking up on a Sunday morning in 2022 wanting to use Thich Nhat Hanh's work for the morning meditation. After powering up my PC I did a search on his name, and right on top of the search results was the news that Thich Nhat Hanh had just passed away. "Your Daily … Continue reading Walk as if you are kissing the earth with your feet.
We are often on some kind of autopilot, going through the motions in our work, in our relationships, being more connected to the fears and insecurities in our minds than to the actual actions we're busy taking. Thich Nhat Hanh invites us to switch off the autopilot, as he gently nudges us towards presence. "Your … Continue reading When the tea becomes real, you become real…
Thich Nhat Hanh touched millions of lives in the time that he spent on Earth. His wisdom was profound but always expressed in very simple words, the practical application immediately clear. His teachings on love were no different, every word speaks to that part of you that already knows this: "Your Daily Dose" is a … Continue reading To love without knowing how to love, wounds those we are trying to love.
We’re starting today’s journey with two quotes from Thich Nhat Hanh that seem to look in two different directions. The first looks outward and the second looks inward. "When another person makes you suffer, it is because he is suffering deeply within himself, and his suffering is spilling over. He does not need punishment; he … Continue reading He doesn’t need punishment, he needs help.
"Use what seems like poison as medicine." Today’s meditation journey is called Tonglen, a practice that has its origin in Tibet roughly a thousand years ago. Tonglen meditation profoundly influences our relationships with the humans around us, and here's a short description of Tonglen. "Your Daily Dose" is a quick two minute read packed with … Continue reading Use what seems like poison as medicine.
In today’s journey, Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh speaks to us about dealing with overwhelming emotions. We all have those moments where emotions feel like a tidal wave, threatening to engulf us. Thich Nhat Hanh suggests a simple, yet powerful way to weather the storm. "Your Daily Dose" is a quick two minute read packed … Continue reading Whenever you stop and breathe, you have the energy of a mother.
Monday mornings. The groan-inducing alarm, the looming to-do list, the feeling of starting all over again. But what if we reframed it? What if Mondays weren't the enemy, but 52 chances a year for a fresh start, fueled by the magic of mindful breaths? 52 new waves of potential to ride. "Your Daily Dose" is … Continue reading 52 Mondays, 52 Miracles – breathe your way to a brighter week.
