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How meditation helps in hard times
When you read this list of what life circumstances have been helped by meditation, I think you’ll resonate with at least one or two. This post is about the many people I have seen first-hand who have...
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#1 Meditation problem – the busy mind
The most common meditation problem people have is the busy mind. I often hear ‘I can’t calm down my mind. I can’t stop thinking. My mind is so busy.’ I want to share a number of techniques that may...
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Finding happiness by dropping your form
I know you have probably heard that money doesn’t buy happiness. But let’s go beyond that now . . . how can you find happiness in this busy, stressful world? I’ve learned something quite profound...
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Follow a passion, even if you’re bad at it!
Sharing ways to cultivate joy in life is what this blog is all about. Sometimes joy can be found in the smallest things if you open yourself up to being vulnerable. My old self probably would not have...
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Dealing with distracting noises during meditation
It’s easy to get distracted or irritated by noises you hear during meditation. Traffic, people talking, a phone ringing, someone coughing… Here’s how to treat these noises so they do not stay with you...
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Dalai Lama quote
It takes practice and intention to notice your life in the present. But the present is exactly what is real and what we have right now. Do not waste your life away with worry about the past or the...
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Mindfulness towards your significant other
Divorce and breakups seem to be all around us. I was just thinking that in my circle of acquaintances alone, I have learned about 5 breakups/divorces just in the last few months. Western society does...
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Deep breathing relaxes the mind and body
If you haven’t heard of the great benefits of deep breathing, it’s worth learning about this. The practice of deep breathing stimulates our parasympathetic nervous system (PNS), responsible for...
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What cancer means
The ‘C’ word is a scary word. I’d like to share with you my personal thoughts on what cancer means to me. Cancer invokes fear in us all, yet cancer brings meaning to our lives. Both my parents have had...
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Mindfulness – researched benefits on the brain
For those of you who appreciate seeing research results, here is a study about the benefits of Mindfulness on the brain. It’s entitled “Mindfulness practice leads to increases in regional brain gray...
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Anxiety health benefits from short meditations
I hear countless wonderful stories from people who meditate about what benefits they are getting. This one is a must share about anxiety and panic attacks. A young woman in her mid-twenties who works...
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How to survive your first divorced Christmas
Divorce is not easy to begin with, and when Christmas comes roaring at you with full force, it can be overwhelming. If you experienced a break-up of a significant relationship or a marriage this year...
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3 ways to be happier in 2014
Yesterday someone said something to me that made me realize in fact how happy I am. She said: “Wendy, over Christmas I was reading a book by Jack Kornfield about living life with compassion, loving...
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2014 explosion of Mindfulness and Meditation
You see it everywhere now. A huge increase in articles and research about the benefits of mindfulness and meditation, or ‘mindfulness meditation’. And so it should be, because it works to...
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Living joyfully does not mean living in the clouds
Honestly, I did not understand (or really care) about what it meant to live life joyfully. It has only been in more recent years that I ‘get it’. The learning developed over time, and did not happen...
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Terrible experiences . . . really?
This is a fabulous quote from Mark Twain, and fits perfectly into the discussion about Mindfulness. How much of your mind time is spent catrastrophizing your life? What is made-up by your mind as...
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When waiting for scary test results. . .
This post is quite personal, folks. We’ve probably all been there at some point in our lives – something isn’t quite right with our health so we get some tests done and are waiting anxiously for the...
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‘Learn to Meditate’ class in Vancouver, B.C.
Hi everyone, I just wanted to let you know that I’ll be teaching my ‘Learn to Meditate’ class in Vancouver, British Columbia starting February 17. It runs 4 Monday evenings, at a wonderful integrative...
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When waiting for scary test results – Part 2
Where is joy when you’re facing a uncertainty about your health, and in fact, your life? This can be very heavy to deal with. Here is my joy today: I want to thank everyone who has sent support and...
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Live in a state of ‘being’ not just ‘doing and accomplishing’
One of the important life lessons I’ve learned in recent years is that I do not need to always be rushing around, hyper-scheduling, and always doing something. We are conditioned to be a ‘doing’...
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