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St. Ignatius taught a method called the examen to his students that was focused on discernment , or gaining insight into which activities were life giving and which were draining.  Although [...]

Potatoes Photo by graibeard We cannot eat raw potatoes, but we don’t throw them away just because they are raw. The following comes from one of my favourite teachers of mindfulness, the Buddhist [...]

“Living is a form of not being sure, not knowing what next or how.  The moment you know how, you begin to die a little.  The artist never entirely knows.  We guess. We may be wrong, but we [...]

“In facing new experience or in facing death, eventually we need to let go of our supports and trust what happens.  We need to free ourselves from relying on any props whatsoever.  That [...]

We often spend much of our time thinking about the future, or the past.  As a result, we miss the experience of being here now, or being present.  Richard Rohr describes the importance of [...]

There has been much focus over the past several years on the practice of gratitude and how it can positively influence our emotional and mental health.  A recent study (Brown and Wong, 2017) [...]

Parker Palmer, the author of “The Courage to Teach” writes about the importance of listening for the voice of inner vocation.  Sometimes referred to as a “calling” this [...]

We have known for many years about the  benefits of mindfulness as a way to live more peacefully.  Now, recent research from the Journal of the American Medical Association reinforces mindfulness [...]

Are your health habits supporting your inner resilience or hindering it?  Resilience can be thought of as our ability to thrive and cope with life’s challenges.  Some of our coping may be [...]