Finding Your Values
My New year’s resolution this year is not to make any New Year resolutions. In any case, I've usually forgotten about them February. Real change comes when we're in touch with the motivations that underpin our lives and see clearly what we need to do next. So how can we find what our real values really are?
read morePractising at Home
Practising mindfulness in the midst of the demands of a busy home life is challenging. I learned that when I became a parent , and now I share the childcare of our two and a half year old son. It was harder to go on retreat and I couldn't keep up a morning meditation practice as I had. But trying to be mindful and kind in daily life is a profound practice that leads me to explore my most deep-seated values
read moreDefusing the Anger Bomb
What can you do when things are about to blow? Here’s some advance on working with anger – or any other strong emotion – with mindfulness The 1997 movie The Peacemaker is mostly a routine and forgettable thriller. In fact, it is really pretty bad, but there are two things I remember about it. The first is the pairing of George Clooney and Nicole Kidman; and second there’s a scene right at the end that has stuck in my mind as an image for how mindfulness can help in a crisis. There’s a bomb in the UN building that’s going to...
read moreMaking Wise Decisions
How can we make wise decisions? Here's the Buddha's advice on how to ditch all the false authorities and doubtful reasoning that usually guide us and find a more authentic basis for deciding. Decisions shape our lives, but psychologists say we are remarkably bad at making them. That’s true of strategic decisions, tactical decisions and decisions made in the heat of the moment.
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