Sometimes, it just feels like life isn’t on your side. No matter what you do or how you do it, you feel like you’re the only one fighting in your corner, and nothing is going your way, and nobody is there for you. The truth is, we’ve all been there at some point in our… Read More 8 Lessons For When Life Seems to Suck
Many of us are searching for happiness. We expect it to appear out of the darkness and make everything feel great again. Many of us think that as soon as we meet our significant other, or start a family, or buy a house, or finish our degree, or start our dream career, then we will… Read More Happiness: An Effortless Emotion
Welcome to this week’s Mindful Monday! I must admit, it has been a tough few weeks. Unfortunately, this explains the absence over the previous two weeks. What with lectures, seminars, reading, deadlines, and revision, I haven’t had very much time for mindfulness. However, another Monday is another week, and another week to start fresh! … Read More Mindful Mondays: Cooking
While I was partaking in my daily commute, it occurred to me that most people dread their commute to and from work each day. I mean I can totally understand it in some situations, cramped public transport, traffic jams, cold weather.. on the face of it, it really doesn’t sound all that appealing. But in… Read More Daily Zen: Zen Your Commute
Welcome to this week’s Mindful Monday! Another (albeit cold) Monday, means another week, and so another opportunity to incorporate mindfulness into our eveyday routines. Mindfulness is easier than you might think to add to your life, and as I’m sure you’ve previously read, it has a number of lasting benefits if you make it a… Read More Mindful Mondays: Fresh Air
Welcome to this week’s Mindful Monday! This week, I have decided to shift the focus slightly. Over the previous week I have been extremely stressed and under pressure with deadlines, meaning that my normal sleeping routine has suffered drastically. Even when I have wanted to sleep, I have struggled due to the crazy amount of… Read More Mindful Mondays: Sleep
Day to day, many of us are living our lives on auto-pilot. This past week or so, I’ve never been on auto-pilot more. Getting back into the swing of University has meant that I’ve had to neglect my usual everyday mindful practices in order to catch up on my studying. All week I have constantly… Read More Mindfulness Quotes
Welcome to this week’s Mindful Monday! Another Monday means another fab excuse to practice mindfulness. I am loving writing about a whole manner of different ways to be mindful, as it is even helping me to find new ways to incorporate it into my life! This last week, I have finally got back into the… Read More Mindful Mondays: Goals
Welcome to this week’s Mindful Monday! Mindfulness has been a key element in my life for quite some time now, and particularly in the last few days I have tried to incorporate it into my daily routine more than ever. I’ve recently arrived back from a charity trek of the Great Wall of China, and… Read More Mindful Mondays: Blankets
Welcome to this week’s Mindful Monday! Another Monday means another post dedicated to the importance of mindfulness. This week, I have decided that the focus for mindfulness shouldn’t be about a specific task that you do every day, because this isn’t necessarily the only one time that you should try to be mindful each day.… Read More Mindful Mondays: Gratitude