Do you need to change your personality? This might feel like a harsh question, almost an accusation of something being wrong with who you are. But don't dismiss it too quickly. Join me on this thought journey to see if it resonates with you: "Your Daily Dose" is a quick two minute read packed with … Continue reading Do you need to change your personality?
Take a moment to create in your mind the image of a majestic mountain towering over the landscape around it. See it standing resolute against the ever-changing elements. This mountain, battered yet unyielding, represents an essential truth about ourselves: "Your Daily Dose" is a quick two minute read packed with bite-sized wisdom from all the … Continue reading I am the eternal constant that can hold it all, without being victim to any of it.
Imagine a chest overflowing with the priceless gems of knowledge, and wisdom. It sits within you, ready to be opened, yet it remains locked and inaccessible. The key to this treasure lies not in any external force providing you the solution. The key to this chest is practice… the gentle, consistent practice of self-discovery. This … Continue reading Practice is the key that unlocks the chest.
I really love Lao Tzu's analogies involving water as a very descriptive illustration of how in the battle between the stream and the rock, the stream always wins - not through strength but by perseverance. How do we tap into this source of strength? "Your Daily Dose" is a quick two minute read packed with … Continue reading How do we embody this gentleness that is so saturated with relentless power?
The ways in which you can create and express yourself are limitless, and whether or not you manifest your limitless nature, largely comes down to the view you have of yourself. The exercise in today's meditation compares how you see yourself to how you look at a flower. Are you able to look at yourself … Continue reading Do you have a growth mindset, or a fixed mindset?
Today's journey starts with a quote from the Bhagavad Gita: "Through meditation, the higher self is experienced." That higher-self, is the part of us that is deeply connected to spirit, soul, source... or whatever other label you might put on it. "Your Daily Dose" is a quick two minute read packed with bite-sized wisdom from … Continue reading Trust the wholeness that is already there.
Surrender. The word itself often conjures images of defeat, of waving a white flag in the face of life's battles. But what if the real truth about surrender is that it’s the key to unlocking your greatest potential? What if true surrender isn't about giving up, but about opening up… opening up to a wisdom … Continue reading Surrender… not only what you need to let go of, also surrender to what needs to get done.
We are at the start of a new week, and for this week we’ll take inspiration for our meditations from Oprah. The theme of her message for us today is - Dare to dream! Have the courage to create the vision of your most beautiful life. Believe in your greatness because after all, you were … Continue reading Create the grand vision but most of all… just do your best!
What's been known forever is that we need adversity in order to grow. When you go to gym and expose your muscles to doing what they haven't done before, then they're forced into making adaptations and becoming stronger. All of our growth is like this. "Through difficult experiences, life sometimes becomes more meaningful." - Dalai … Continue reading We DO need adversity in order to grow.
Today's journey is SUPER practical, and also really simple. How good is your brain at concentrating? At staying focused without being distracted? And is this an ability that you can develop? Can you teach your brain to become better at concentrating? "The real meditation practice is how we live our lives from moment to moment … Continue reading It’s the process of paying attention, that changes the brain significantly.
Some of Jon Kabat-Zinn's most well known work is on the theme of being present, as illustrated by the very fitting title of one of his books, "Wherever you go, there you are." How often do we find ourselves caught in the gap between the expectations we had, and what reality turned out to be? … Continue reading Become available to what this moment makes available to you.
Right here, right where you are right now, is where you come into your personal power. Not tomorrow, not next week, not when you finally achieve that goal you've been chasing. The power to transform your life exists only in this present moment. "Your Daily Dose" is a quick two minute read packed with bite-sized … Continue reading The Eternal Now: Your Ultimate Destination
There is wisdom within you. We are never truly disconnected from the eternal presence of our soul, yet it can sometimes feel that way, and the reason is simple: our fears are screaming while our soul is whispering. When anxiety rises and uncertainty grips us, that inner voice of wisdom becomes nearly impossible to hear … Continue reading The wisdom of your soul, is the essence of who you truly are.
We've all been there - that uncomfortable space where we know the old patterns no longer serve us, yet the path forward remains frustratingly unclear. This liminal space, the threshold between who we were and who we're becoming, often feels like the purgatory that Dr. Suess described as the waiting place - a period in … Continue reading The in-between spaces.
Don't run, stay. Don't turn away, BE here. Our need to run is an old inner message that's trying to find safety, But it's going to run forever until the wiser part of you makes the firm decision that, "we will run no more". "Your Daily Dose" is a quick two minute read packed with … Continue reading Don’t run, stay.
No-one can do for you what you can do for you. No-one can hold a space for your hurt, like you can do for you. No-one can sit with your fear, like you can do for you. No-one can make you whole, like your own acceptance does for you. Yet these tend to be the … Continue reading You are SO much stronger than you’ve ever known!
Welcome to a brand new week in which to create at your very highest potential! Every day is a blank canvas, a new opportunity to paint your life with the colours of your dreams. As we embark on this new week, let's take to heart the inspiring words of our teacher for the week, Iyanla … Continue reading Every day is your day if you claim it.
We are always creating! We were created to create and therefore we create by default, through our thoughts, choices, and actions. The real question isn't whether you're creating - it's whether you're creating from your highest potential or from a place of limitation. What is it that prevents us from creating at our highest potential? … Continue reading What is holding you back?
What is freedom? Can you find the answer in this quote? "The true task of spiritual life is not found in faraway places or unusual states of consciousness. It is here in the present. It asks of us a welcoming spirit to greet all that life presents to us with a wise, respectful, and kindly … Continue reading What is freedom?
How closely do you live to what your soul wants to express? So many of the actions we take are motivated by fear. When we live our lives with a focus on avoiding all the potential problems we see, then we remain operating on the same level as those problems, always fighting for survival. While … Continue reading What would the world look like, if we were all motivated by the expression of our souls?
It's so easy to experience the world as a hostile place. In a world saturated with negative headlines and endless streams of disappointing news, it's almost difficult not to develop a cynical worldview. We scroll through social media, watch the news, and witness humanity's capacity for harm, sometimes leaving us feeling disconnected from the very … Continue reading It doesn’t always help us to love the world. But it does prevent us from hating the world.
