It is so easy to get caught up in our negative thoughts. It is even easier to hold on to them and make them determine our future. The harder it becomes for u...

Over these past few weeks, we found ourselves at home and trying to find new ways to be okay. It is undebatable that we experience a range of emotions and la...

In the past few weeks, this is probably one of the most discovered obstacles - a distracted mind. How often does our day come to an end, and we look back and...

The only comfort we find lately is the comfort of our sweatpants or sofa. Wherever we look, we are surrounded by uncertainty, fear, annoyance, frustrations, ...

When we were born, the one thing we all had in common was being curious. Only by touching, tasting, smelling, hearing, and seeing were we able to build a know...

Let's be honest; the truth can hurt. We often hold ourselves back in saying what we really think because we don't want to hurt the other person, we don't wan...

I just got back from Switzerland, where I held my first mindfulness introduction course. Before the course, I thought about what daily experiences to include...

In the past two workshops on "Mindful Habit Change," a constant factor kept coming up: commitment. For most of us, the instant commitment that comes to mind ...

Yesterday, I found out that Papyrus, a stationery store, filed for bankruptcy. A place that connects people's special occasions in life from when we first s...

While attending the WCA Regional Workforce Development Summit on January 16th, 2020, the ecosystem was an often-used term that I believe is a perfect example...

How often do we ask ourselves who we are and what we bring to the table? Probably rarely to never. A lot of times, we forget how much we matter to the people...

Looking back at the past year, 2019, gives us the chance to reflect and create new ideas about what the future can hold. There are some experiences that we w...

While times get overfilled with events, visits, engagements, preparations, and possible winter illnesses, we quickly get overwhelmed. Simple tasks are no lon...

It is this time of year again, Thanksgiving, wherein the beginning we gave thanks to a successful harvest in preparation for the tough winter ahead. Today, w...

The joy that we receive when we meet an old friend or get together at family gatherings after years went by is unexchangeable. It always feels as if it was j...

In a recent post, I wrote about our five senses. Talking about how we rarely just simply observe what we touch, smell, taste, see or hear. Rather that we mak...

This was my first attendance at a nationwide event related to mindfulness. Not knowing what expect, I was hoping to make some connection with like-minded peo...

A couple of weeks back, I read a book by Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche, a devoted Buddhist monk, "In Love With the World" and one sentence, in particular, stuck w...

Fall has officially started in September though the temperatures haven't changed as quickly. Now, only three days into October, here in Valhalla, NY, we alre...

The plain definition of mindfulness is: paying attention to anything around us without judgment. Of course, it is more complex to be more attentive in our da...