So, this is a tricky one – it’s present, so here goes. Recently I have noticed my sense of unworthiness coming up more frequently than I’d like to admit! Tara Brach talks about “the trance of unworthiness” that we can find ourselves in! My teacher, Lama Yeshe tells me to “keep doing the weeding”. What…
Welcome to another blog post and a weekly challenge. I am not sure what to write about. A lot has happened in the last week, at least that what it feels like and taking a week off can be a great time to reset. I spent a week in the glorious Lake District, it’s an…
So, I am on the move again. But this time I am going on holiday. By the time you read this I will be on the island of Unst on Shetland, engaging in my hobbies of walking and photography. This morning I very quickly noticed that ‘holiday’ feeling. After a very intensely busy 6 months,…
This blog post started as a static, uninspiring blog writing moment. I have had zero creative sparks as I contemplate my blog and not a clue as to what I am going to write about. I am not feeling inspired and I have a humpy agitated lethargic feeling! Usually, for blog inspiration, I do something…
I seem quite far removed from a ‘mindfully invisible’ nature experience last weekend whilst writing this in a coffee house at Stockholm airport. However, writing whilst travelling seems to be a common theme for mine and Heather’s blogs. So last weekend, despite being quite tired, my friend and I decided to take a short walk…
We all love a note, the notes rooted in love, consideration and positive intention. Not the passive-aggressive ones letting you know that you have parked your car in the wrong place or your dog has been barking too loudly. I am talking about the personal notes from your family, from your team, from your colleague,…
I started to write this blog on the notes app on my phone. Plotted up in a coffee shop down a busy shopping street, full of cafes and characters. It has been a while since I wrote, I have been caught up, an interesting phrase, on other work and today I decided to leave my…
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Life is good. And yet, I seem to allow myself to suffer. The cause of my suffering? My mind of course! I notice I have been quite serious lately. A bit weighed down with my negative thought patterns. The resistance in this feels like sticky dark treacle clouding my mind – clinging to negative thoughts. …