'Whatever is preventing you from writing the poem, is the poem.' Years ago, I hurt my arm and ended up with a ‘frozen’ shoulder. There...

Last week I received an email from a work colleague that set me off. It was rude and condescending. I found it totally offensive. And I...

I sat for meditation – my daily practice – and almost immediately jumped up again. I couldn’t focus and, seeking distraction, I grabbed a...

It had happened before. It was happening again. It felt like my whole being had shut down. I could take care of the small mundane tasks:...

How do you view your experience? Especially when you come up against an emotional challenge that you thought you had already worked...

When we think of compassion, qualities such as kindness, tenderness and nurturing are likely to come to mind. Another form of compassion...

I was agitated. Very busy doing nothing, except distracting myself from what I need to do. What I wanted to do. I was consumed in a...

My mother trained in social work during the 1940’s. I recall being shocked when she told me, with great authority and conviction, that...

This morning I was visited again by those dark feelings that lurk in some recess of my being: 'I am worthless, I am nothing.' This...

Sometimes I surprise myself. In a good way. Those occasions when, put on the spot, my response has been inspired. I am impressed. Back in...

When I sit for meditation, the first thing I do is to scan inside, assessing the inner weather map: - Is there physical pressure...

It is said you can only heal what you can feel. Then how to breach a lifetime’s defence against experience that had been too painful to...

A few years ago, while driving into the city, I realised was in the wrong lane; I was heading in the wrong direction. The words: ‘You...

Five years ago I took part in a course called Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC). It a was powerful and enriching experience. I gained...