What sort of toxic event do you have in your past? We all have one or more toxic events in our past that keep us stuck in negative emotions like anger, sadness, shock or grief. By practising these very simple steps you can cut the emotional ties that bind you to those events so that they become a harmless memory, rather than reliving a trauma you want to forget. Continue reading “6 Simple Words to Release You from a Toxic Past.”
Category: Mindfulness
Uncover the forgotten wild bones of your story.
Discover Your Shadow Self
Our untamed, shadow self is often something that we want to deny; it gets shoved into the background of our clean and tidy lives. However, by embracing our shadow selves we can lead richer, more complete lives. Dancing in the light. Continue reading “Uncover the forgotten wild bones of your story. “
Rescuing Your Wounded Inner Child
If aspects of your childhood were hurtful or damaging you might find that rescuing your wounded inner child can resolve many issues impacting on you now as a adult.
The cry we hear from deep in our hearts, comes from the wounded child within. Healing this inner child’s pain will transform negative emotions.
By Thich Nhat Hanh | April 5, 2011
The neuroscience of positive affirmations
In my last blog post I had a look at what affirmations are. Basically, affirmations are any repetitive thought or belief that we tell ourselves. Some are positive and some are negative. And most of us have an abundance of the negative ones!
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What is an affirmation and how can it help?
Many people have a pretty clear idea about what an affirmation is. The use of positive affirmations has been increasingly popular over the past fifty years for anything from increasing your creativity to helping you lose weight. But did you know that an affirmation is any statement of belief that you make? An affirmation can be positive or negative. Unfortunately, most of us tend to have a pretty negative set of beliefs running on our inner self talk MP3 player.
Do any of these affirmations sound familiar?
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Mindfulness for Every Day
Mindfulness – What Is It?
How often do you think your mind wanders in any given hour? While studying, or watching TV, or eating dinner, our minds are often very busy … processing past events, sometimes worrying about them; planning future events, and sometimes feeling anxious about them; every time the mind wanders it is rarely existing in the space and time you are physically occupying right this minute.
“Mindfulness is simply being aware of what is happening right now without wishing it were different; enjoying the pleasant without holding on when it changes (which it will); being with the unpleasant without fearing it will always be this way (which it won’t).”
– James Baraz
