destruction is a part of life

In November I returned from a teaching trip to New York that coincided with Hurricane Sandy. Before the storm arrived the weather channel was in overdrive, tracking minute-by-minute the route and intensity of the approaching storm. As I’m sure you remember, it hit land and the impact was felt along the northern Eastern coast. Flooding, …

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is stress causing you to gain weight?

I was recently asked to be a Wellness expert for Amanda de Cadenet’s The Conversation. Amanda began with a TV program in the U.S based on interviews with interesting and high profile women. After the first season, this has developed into a successful blog and resource for women. I have written my first article for …

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interview with a meditator – Christelle

Two of the most common questions people have when they are thinking about learning to meditate with us are: a) am I going to be able to do it?      and b) will I actually be able to fit it into my already jam-packed life? We are all leading busy lives and very often …

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can you trust your intuition?

We’ve all had moments where we’ve had a feeling about something. Those moments when your gut feel is guiding you in a certain direction. How do you know when to trust your intuition? Can you trust the signals that your finer level of feeling is delivering to you? Read my latest article in MindBodyGreen to …

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relationships part 6 – minding your own business

It is natural to want to have healthy, loving relationships in our lives. However one of the classic mistakes that people make in pursuing this goal is to attempt to control the behaviors of the other person. If only they would… If they could just do less of this… They need to take more responsibility …

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how to drink milk

Seems pretty obvious, right? You open the fridge, grab the carton and proceed to pour it over your cereal or into the glass. Actually, that’s not the best way to drink milk. And it is why so many people feel unwell after drinking milk straight out of the fridge, leading them to the conclusion that …

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experiences of a meditator: addiction, acceptance and more

Recently I received an email from a student of meditation – it was such an interesting overview of her experiences, that I asked her if I could share these. She kindly agreed to an anonymous sharing. I have edited her comments and arranged them by areas of interest in order make them easier to digest. …

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in relationships are you a giver or a taker?

The key to successful relationships is to go in with the ability to give that which you want to receive. In my latest article featured in MindBodyGreen, I talk about how our relationships will always reflect back to us what it is we bring to them. Click here to read the full article. Enjoy!

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anxiety part 2 – lack of knowledge of who we are

Recently I wrote a piece about anxiety and the deeper connection to the base emotion of fear. If you would like to go back and read the full article, click here. In that article I wrote the following: Fear is borne of a lack of knowledge. When we lack knowledge we become fearful. The lack …

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relationships part 5 – compromise issues

Relationships are challenging because they always ask something of us – in particular, close personal relationships. They make demands of us in so many ways – our time, our energy, our attention, our resources. Ultimately they demand that we surrender some of our preferences in aid of experiencing the richness of union and love. In …

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