by Ana Quirk | Dec 27, 2024 | 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...
by Ana Quirk | Dec 23, 2024 | Mindfulness
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...
by Ana Quirk | Nov 14, 2024 | Death, Life
“Even as the leaves are falling, the buds of next year’s crop are already in place, waiting to erupt again in the spring. (…) We rarely notice them because we think we’re seeing the skeleton of the...
