• Accepting What Is — How to End Self-Created Suffering
    Resistance creates suffering. The antidote is accepting what is.  Unpleasant events are an inevitable and unavoidable part of life, whether it be the sudden downpour that wipes out the picnic, the flat tyre at the end of an exhausting day at work, the noisy neighbour playing Metallica at 3 in the morning, or the intrusive thoughts and feelings that appear...
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  • Being Present—The Simple Solution To All Your Problems
    What happens to your problems when you’re fully present in the moment? Life is full of problems. Or so it would appear. Bills to pay, mouths to feed, politics in the office, family feuds, health issues, the sorry state of the world… an endless sorrow-go-round of issues to contend with. No sooner have you overcome one hurdle when life slaps you with the next one....
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  • Get to Know Yourself Beyond The Thinking Mind
    “To know yourself as the being behind the thinker, the stillness underneath the mental noise, the love and joy underneath the pain is freedom, salvation, enlightenment.” — Eckhart Tolle In my work as a meditation teacher and spiritual coach, I often talk to people seeking relief from painful patterns such as compulsive thinking, anxiety, fear or self-criticism. And...
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  • How to Deal With Negative Emotions Effectively
    “Negative emotions are like unwelcome guests. Just because they show up on your doorstep doesn’t mean they have a right to stay.”—Deepak Chopra In this article, I want to share with you a powerful mindfulness technique I use to help people deal with negative emotions. It is a 4-step process called the RAIN practice. RAIN is an acronym for: Recognise Allow...
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  • How To Instantly Calm A Restless Mind
    You don’t suffer because your mind is restless,  You suffer because you believe it shouldn’t be. Everybody has a restless mind. Everyone, without exception. It couldn’t be any other way.  The Indian spiritual teacher, Nisargadatta, sums up the nature of the mind in the following statement:  “There is no such thing as peace of mind. Mind means...
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  • How To Protect Your Inner Peace Right Now
    Protect your inner peace. Without it, all the riches in the world lose their value. The modern world is an all-out assault on our senses, and our inner peace—the constant noise, stimulation and distraction as well as the relentless pressure to do more, be more and achieve more. Like an overworked employee, the overstimulated modern brain never gets a break. And as...
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  • I Should Be Happy: The Source of All Unhappiness
    “I should be happy.” Such a seemingly innocent thought. And one that  most of us wouldn’t even think to question. But according to the Indian spiritual teacher J. Krishnamurti, this single belief is the very root of our unhappiness. “I should be happy; the source of your unhappiness.”  What does he mean by this? The moment we believe we should be happy...
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  • Letting Go of Fear Through Staying Present
    When you let go of fear, fear lets go of you. How do you do it? By deciding to. — Neal Donald Walsch Fear and anxiety are running high in these uncertain times we live in.  Fear of war, inflation, runaway climate change, and plain fear of the unknown—fear for fear’s sake. But here’s the thing with fear. It is rarely, if ever, based on what is happening in the moment. How often is...
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  • Peace Is Your True Nature
    “Although hundreds or thousands of explanations are given, there is only one thing to be understood. Know the one thing that liberates everything.  Awareness itself is your true nature.”― Dudjom Rinpoche When I offer free meditation taster sessions to the public, it never ceases to amaze me how people who have never meditated before often experience profound...
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  • Why Peace Has Little To Do With What You’re Feeling
    “Peace is not the highest goal in life. It’s the most fundamental requirement.” —Sadhguru There’s a quote I like from Robert Holden, director of the Happiness Project, which I often share with clients who are struggling with troublesome thoughts or emotions. One day, when someone asked him “how are you?”, he answered:  “My thoughts are pretty neurotic, but I’m...
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