Why introduce mindfulness to kids? If you already have a mindfulness practice – whether it is meditation, mindful inquiry, releasing or all three – at some point you may feel you’d like to introduce your children to your practices. With mindfulness, we learn acceptance of feelings and thoughts that are often judged, punished and suppressed in Western culture. This releases … Read More
Thankful for Questions
I’ve read that on average we have somewhere around 70,000 thoughts each day. I did try to work this out, but it seemed too much like hard work. After all, how long does a thought last? I don’t have a standard thought size. “Chocolate.” That didn’t take even a second. “Chocolate.” Neither did that. “I wonder if there’s any in … Read More
Ten Things of Thankful
I have several posts planned for this blog, but they are all in various stages of needing a little more research here or a bit of tweaking there. My writing brain is working at a slightly slower speed than normal, largely due to being more tired than normal. I have read that lack of sleep does this – well I … Read More
Inquiry: Children spend too much time at computers and watching TV – is it true?
Most parents seem to believe some version of this, and I certainly have my moments. But a few things have led me to wonder about this recently. First of all, if a belief causes me stress (and this one definitely does) then it’s worth investigating. And secondly, someone told me recently about a woman who is now in her eighties, and … Read More
Inquiry: Parents should always be consistent – Is it true?
I haven’t updated this blog for a long time for several reasons one them that my kids have been growing into teenagers and they are not so keen to share the foibles of our family life. I believe it is important to respect their wishes, so if I was to continue writing here, I needed to find a new way to … Read More
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