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How mindfulness prepares us to die

How mindfulness prepares us to die

What happens when we fall apart? When we are surrounded by change, the only constant there is, and pain, the only thing we know for certain we will experience in life? We often turn to temporary satisfaction and run away from suffering. After all, this is a basic...
5 Words to start using in the right context in 2025

5 Words to start using in the right context in 2025

A new year is here, coming in hot even though we’ve barely been above freezing temperatures in the past couple of weeks. Typically, people are thinking about new goals, projects, resolutions, and plans for the future. However, I prefer a slower, more gentle approach...
Winter as an invitation

Winter as an invitation

The days are getting shorter and darker, and we’ve already had our first snowfall of the season. Soon, it will be the Winter Solstice (at least as I write this), and we will have the shortest day and the longest night of the year, officially marking the beginning of...
Peeling back the layers of self-compassion

Peeling back the layers of self-compassion

We’ve all heard of self-compassion, but most of us have an incomplete concept of this practice, and it’s time we talk about it. The word “compassion” is derived from latin, and it means “to suffer with”. Compassion refers to the way we respond to suffering, whether...
What mindfulness is and isn’t

What mindfulness is and isn’t

 The word “mindfulness” is probably one of the most overused words of the century (maybe I exaggerate, but at least the last decade), and tragically perhaps one of the most misunderstood as well, and it’s getting annoying. The word comes from the Pali word sati, which...