Free as a monkey?! OK – if you insist – how about as free a bird? Make more sense to you? Down to business then we shall get: The most wonderful moments of your life were when you were totally present to them. This moment, now, is the secret to enjoying the fullest, the most
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Just a quick one today – I have lost my brain somewhere so I have to go find it. It could well be under my pillow where I left it last night for safe keeping before I went to sleep. Hopefully it hasn’t rolled off and is now under the bed, covered in dust and
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How do you be? I’m sitting here in my little office, trying not to stare out the window at the lovely trees across the way. Oh – there I go again … Good job I can apply my laser-like relaxed focus – IF I wished to apply it, that is. Laser-like relaxed focus? You got
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A great question from a busy mum on our hour a day mindfulness challenge. (to join, head this way: https://arjunaishaya.lpages.co/houradaymindful/) It basically is (and sorry for misquoting you!) – I’m so busy I can’t be mindful. I need to get stuff done. It’s a super common statement / question – But first –
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The power of the mind. When I was young my swimming coach would talk a lot about the power of the mind over the body. And I knew the power it had. Those 5am starts, training twice a day, what seemed like constant shaking from hunger … I could listen to the whiney voice in
Wotcha gonna do when it goes “SQUEAK!”? Read More »
Do you have a busy head, that thinks too much? I know you do! 99% of all humans have a head that is far too busy. And busy in a way that is full of stress and negativity. Sleep problems are through the roof, mental illness and anxiety on the rise. I heard that the
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I’m so proud of my wife. As part of her after-baby classes she was videoed “interacting” with bubba – So she could get some feedback. The teacher was impressed – And now the national organisation is going to use the clip as an example of great baby interaction. I asked what she did that was
I don’t know what to tell you. There’s not a lot to say. You may scoff, But this is the sum total of your life. This moment. It’s not some kind of bus stop on the way to another, better moment, This is it.
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Do you know what? I remembered something this morning. It’s one of those cool things that makes a lot of sense. But first – Some of you know that I am a monk. A modern day monk for sure, With a family and a house and a penchant for pork pies and coffee and cups
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There can be so much thinking “I’m doing life all wrong” And if you have kids it can lead to much guilt – Because now not only are you messing up your life, but your kids as well … This man recently talked about it beautifully: Harry, Prince Harry – the UK royal that looks
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