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How to improve your relationships: Part 2
The second technique in our three part series on improving relationships focusses on negative anchoring or the way we push each other’s buttons. While relationship problems can be complex, this is a technique that can help almost any relationship. It brings…
Elephant in the room – Abuse!!
What are you really attached to??
How to improve your relationships: Part 1
Our relationships are complex phenomena that we can struggle to understand, especially when they fall out of balance. While I recommend one-on-one relationship coaching to sort through deep and specific problems, there are some universal practical techniques…
Skillfulmind November Newsletter 2020
What’s on Skillfulmind – November 2020 Newsletter
What TAP will you choose to OPEN??
What TAP will you choose to OPEN
Should Christian Porter meditate?
With the recent Four Corners expose on the private lives of Christian Porter and Alan Tudge I thought I would weigh in on the argument from a skillful MIND perspective. Should these two men be vilified for their choices on having affairs in their private life…
Making your wishes come true while you sleep
By becoming more mindful, it is possible to make all your wishes come true while you are asleep. As you progress on the path of meditation, the mindfulness you acquire doesn’t just operate when you’re awake but it remains with you even when you’re asleep. The…
Acceptance as mindfulness
Mindfulness is one of the most valuable tools we have at our disposal to boost our emotional, spiritual and physical health. However, being mindful is not enough! We can often question the power of mindfulness because we think simply knowing what our thoughts…
How the mind works
If we analyze the way our mind works, we can observe that all our negative emotions are linked, in some way, to a state of clinging. This can either be clinging to a particular experience (attachment) or clinging to the absence of an experience (aversion). In…