Feelings are a curious thing. We can’t see them, but we definitely experience them. They play themselves out in the theatre of our bodies. When we are happy or joyful our energy comes up. When we feel anxious our hearts pound, and we experience a shortening of our breath. When we are depressed we can […]
Part 2: Will Mindfulness take us to where we want to go? What are the consequences for a mindful life? This is the second of three posts in a series titled “Being more than Mindful of Mindfulness”. In the first post I examined whether or not Mindfulness as a clinical intervention is efficacious. The conclusion […]
This is the first of three posts titled “Being more than Mindful of Mindfulness”. In this first post I will address Mindfulness as a treatment for clinical conditions. In the two posts that follow I will address Mindfulness as a way of life: What we might lose or gain in the process (Post Number 2), […]
Recently I visited some children and their families in a town far away from where I live. The place I visited shall remain nameless. Suffice to say it is an environment characterised by helplessness and hopelessness. Drugs and alcohol are in abundance. Aggression, resentment, fear. Survival requires a form of cultural oppositional defiance – the […]
Childhood Sexual Abuse (CSA) is not uncommon. In fact it is rife. A national survey involving both men and women revealed that one third of women and one sixth of men report a history of CSA(1). This estimate is somewhat elevated when compared to other estimates, but is not too far removed from other estimates […]
It is striking that identity is irresistibly and incorrigibly internal. Fancy someone saying, “That is me over there”. It would be incomprehensible. Our identity isn’t found outside of us it can only be found within us.
