What is Wise Mind? Have you ever noticed that your thinking can be overtaken by your emotions sometimes? You know there’s a logical part to yourself that would be able to talk yourself down, but it can seem really hard to connect to that part when you are overwhelmed...
I had a conversation about gratitude and meditation recently with a friend who is a therapist and meditation teacher. She brought up an excellent point. She talked about the shame people can feel when they aren’t able to feel grateful or aren’t able practice a...
Many of the people I work with have difficulty treating themselves with compassion. If you see yourself having trouble with this, you may find a loving kindness meditation helpful and moving. If you would like to listen to a guided version of this meditation, an audio...
A few weeks ago, I was sick. I don’t get sick very often, but this time I was down for the count. After several days of being sick, I started to feel a glorious feeling. It was the feeling of… feeling normal. I go through life every day feeling like this. I don’t...
It is easy to be constantly “busy” these days. With a smart phone near us almost all the time, we have a constant source of distraction and about 8.1 million things pulling for our attention. Notifications, emails, texts, calls, apps. We feel like we are always...
