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.
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.
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!
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.
Today’s journey starts with a thought from Jiddu Kirshnamurti, "The ability to observe without evaluating, is the highest form of intelligence." - Jiddu Krishnamurti Have you ever paused to reflect on how quickly we tend to judge - not just others, but ourselves, events, and even fleeting thoughts? This innate compulsion to label things as … Continue reading This is the highest form of human intelligence!
Hello Fearless Souls, every so often I get asked this question... How to let go? This is a great question, because letting go sounds a lot like ignoring... pretending it doesn't exist, or that it didn't happen. "Your Daily Dose" is a quick two minute read packed with bite-sized wisdom from all the great teachers. … Continue reading If you let go a little, you will have a little peace. If you let go a lot, you will have a lot of peace.
I LOVE this meditation and I believe that our intention of opening our hearts to one another and sharing that love across space and time has a real world physical effect. During meditation I can FEEL the energy of your love and I feel certain that you can feel mine too. "Your Daily Dose" is … Continue reading You feel good not because the world is right, but your world is right because you feel good.
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?
Past and Future... Two places that exist only in our minds, yet so much of our energy is spent there. If you had to put a percentage on it, how much of your attention dwells in the past, and how much attention is hijacked by an uncertain future? Where you place your attention, is where … Continue reading Two thieves stealing your best life: Past regrets & Future fears
In today’s message Jiddu Krishnamurti reminds us that meditation is not about trying to prevent this brain from thinking thoughts, but about watching the thoughts dance. To get involved in a battle with your mind will only turn into a futile fight with your own brain. Instead, shift your focus. Become the observer, watching the … Continue reading It always starts with breath…
What are you creating this week? Elizabeth Gilbert kickstarts today’s journey with a reminder that we are all Fearless Creators, sculpting our world with every breath - “Do whatever brings you to life, then. Follow your own fascinations, obsessions, and compulsions. Trust them. Create whatever causes a revolution in your heart.” - Elizabeth Gilbert "Your … Continue reading Will you have the courage to bring forth these treasures that are hidden within you?
