Image by StockSnap from Pixabay Everyone wants to feel loved. It is a vital part of being human. Once a person’s physiological needs such as breathing, food, water, as well as the feeling of being free from danger are met, a person then needs to feel a sense of...
Flint, Michigan is about to become famous again—but this time, not because of a heartbreaking crisis. After decades of crippling challenges, civic leaders in Flint are leading the way in bringing mindfulness into the work of rebuilding a resilient, healthy community....
There’s a lot of talk about making workplaces more mindful, but what does that really mean? Mindfulness is more than meditation. It’s just as much about how we communicate with those around us as it is about finding stillness within ourselves. In the workplace, so...
In the weeks leading up to the third annual Women’s March this weekend, I got to speak to ten of the leading women in the mindfulness movement and find out what’s on their minds. This is by no means an exhaustive list of the women leaders in the mindfulness...
Eating as mindfully as we do on retreat or in a mindfulness course is not realistic for many of us, especially with families, jobs, and the myriad distractions around us. This is not to mention that our friends, family, and colleagues might not have the patience to...
If there’s a patch of open lawn at a corner, children will cut through, and grass soon becomes hardened ground. Ancient people created paths walking from one place to another; horses and oxen widened them, and today they’re paved roads. When we want to go someplace,...
