If, as the holiday season approaches, you feel waves of anxiety and depression and wish it were over before it’s begun, perhaps it’s time for a re-think. Re-thinking your relationship to the holiday season creates an opportunity to design a happier, healthier, holiday experience – one that is based on your values, rather than on old-time, ragged … [Read more...]
This Holiday Season, Think: Easy for Me and Easy for You! 10 Mindfulness Tips for a Happy Holiday Season
Anatomy of a Habit and How to Over-ride Old, Counter-Productive Conditioning
Engrams are what neurophysiologists call learned behaviour, neural patterns put to memory. They are coded step by step instructions for each habitual movement. The first time we do anything, whether learning to dance, swim, drive or walk, we have no engrams to rely on, so our movement is erratic and sloppy. With repeated practice, the engrams, for … [Read more...]
Accept and Then Embrace Your Life. There’s Power There!
Change is all there is….you are continually changing and the context of your life – your family, workplace, home life, community, environment and the world is continually changing. Technological developments have always driven change from the industrial revolution to the great cultural, social and economic change catalyzed by the digital era we are … [Read more...]
The Best Medicine: Relax and Focus on What Excites You!
Taming the ‘monkey mind”, entering the stillness, quieting the mind, finding inner peace may all be ways of saying the same thing….the experience of Mindfulness, defined in 2003 by Jon Kabat-Zinn, who popularized it in North America as, “Paying attention in a particular way on purpose, in the present moment, without judgment.” So … [Read more...]
Workplace Stress – Cause of Anxiety
Workplace stress and stress-related illnesses costs the Canadian economy $5 billion a year, according to the Canadian Mental Health Association. The 10 Top Workplace Stressors The treadmill syndrome. Too much to do at once, requiring the 24 hour workday. Random interruptions Doubt. Employees aren't sure what is … [Read more...]