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  • Why Self Improvement Never Works   Self-help and self-improvement books dominate non-fiction best-seller lists today.  Self-improvement is a really big thing! Even those of us who wouldn’t be seen dead in the self-improvement sections of our local book store still look to improve ourselves in more traditional ways – our level of success, education, wealth,…

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  • Recovering the Capacity to Feel

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    Recovering the Capacity to Feel How do you feel at the moment?  Happy?  Sad?Angry, Bored? Guilty?  Whatever you feel is totally OK. Do we actually know how to feel? Emotions and feelings are inseparable from our existence as human beings.  We come with them already inbuilt and they colour our experience of life from day…

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  • Christmas Presence

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    What do you really want for Christmas…? What can you offer others that they will truly  value…? We just want to be happy! As human beings we are undeniably attracted to material possessions.  Christmas time is typically when we get to celebrate and fully indulge this attraction.  After-all, who doesn’t like receiving a present?  We…

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  • Awareness is the key

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    Remember meditation is simply present moment awareness.  Nothing more and nothing less. Yes it is beneficial to have a regular and strong formal sitting practice.  The operative word here though is “practice”!  This is practice in 2 senses of the word.  Firstly it is practice in terms of getting familiar with the actual formal sitting…

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  • What is Mindfulness?

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    Mindfulness means awareness Mindfulness is “paying attention in a particular way; On purpose, in the present moment, and non-judgementally.” – Jon Kabat Zinn (Professor of Medicine Emeritus Stress Reduction Clinic and the Centre for Mindfulness in Medicine). Instead of being caught up in worrying about the past or the future, mindfulness enables you to have…

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