Recently, I was in Dublin airport standing next to a mother with her 8 children. Yes, you read that right- 8 children. One of her kids was going on and on about some complaint as they all stood waiting in line for some thing or another. And the mother, in exasperation, exclaimed, “In the words…
This week has been all about social media for me. Well, it has been about starting a brand- new Instagram account (make sure to follow us here) and editing snippets of video from our keynote talks at the summer conference. I will be posting these snippets on our FB page and Instagram, so watch for…
I am a firm believer in naming my emotions and my mood states- and lately I feel like I have had many! I used to do this all the time with my children. It started off as something quite simple and true: Mom’s tired. Mom’s grumpy. Mom’s bored, etc… They soon started to notice some…
I have been working a lot with acceptance lately. From a professional standpoint, the members at the weekly sit requested a session with the practice of RAIN, or the meditation on acceptance created by Tara Brach (for more on RAIN, please click here), then I modeled the RAIN practice when I was teaching on the…
I am sitting on the couch in my new (old) house, after having spent the last few days moving. Life has been a whirlwind. I was in Canada for a 4- week holiday with my kids, flew home to Ireland, spent two days re-acclimatising before I flew to Scotland, where I spent 5 days teaching…
Often times, when I am teaching or when I am speaking with someone about practicing mindfulness, I hear the phrase ‘Maybe when things quieten down, I will have more time to meditate’. However, the irony is that it is when we are most ‘busy’ in our minds that our practice is most important. Also, there…
I am currently en route after having spent the last 3 ½ weeks at my cabin in northern Canada. Yesterday, I locked up the summer home that has been my refuge for the last 40 years and drove 880km down to my parents’ home just outside of Winnipeg, Manitoba, where I will be flying home…
As I mentioned last week, I am currently at my cabin in the north of Canada; moreover, I have been sharing space with a lot of people in a small house. My cabin is an 800 square foot wooden structure with three bedrooms, 4 teenagers, a set of grandparents, my brother and myself. Things are,…
It’s early morning and I am enjoying my coffee in the great Boreal forest of Canada: a forest that spans across much of Canada, all the way from Labrador to the Rocky Mountains. It includes many lakes and rivers and is made up of Aspen, Birch and Spruce and other coniferous trees. However, most impressively,…
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