Holding space for another person is incredibly profound. When you hold space for someone, you bring your entire presence to them. You walk along with them without judgment, sharing their journey to an unknown destination. Yet you’re completely willing to end up wherever they need to go. You give your heart, let go of control,…
The Basics of Sanskrit’s Sacred Syllables & How to Choose Yours Jennie Lee writes, “Mantra is derived from the root words, man, meaning “to think,” and the suffix, tra, meaning “tool” or “instrument.” Classical mantras are considered sacred syllables and are believed to have psychological and spiritual power when repeated audibly or silently. When chanted…
Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom. — Viktor E. Frankl
When practicing deep listening, we listen not just to hear but to understand. This practice goes beyond any kind of hearing that can be done with the ears. It is listening with the heart. — Reaca Pearl
Gabriel Cohen writes, “Before I moved into my apartment, the previous tenants warned me that a teenager downstairs occasionally annoyed them with the sound of his video games. It turned out that the techno music and beepings were hard to ignore. I tried to be patient but one night, after I was woken up at…
My ultimate goal is to spend as many of my moments in life as I can in that world that the poet Rumi talks about, ‘a place beyond rightness and wrongness.’ — Marshall Rosenberg
We cannot change the world by a new plan, project or idea. We cannot even change other people by our convictions, stories, advice and proposals, but we can offer a space where people are encouraged to disarm themselves, lay aside their occupations and preoccupations and listen with attention and care to the voices speaking in…
Susan David says, “We own our emotions, they don’t own us. When we internalize the difference between how I feel in all my wisdom and what I do in a values-aligned action, we generate the pathway to our best selves via our emotions. So, what does this look like in practice? When you feel a…
Rosie Garner writes, “Now more than ever before, we need to take a deep breath, connect back with our body’s own innate intelligence and become curious when it comes to food and eating. And we can do this through Mindful Eating… Firstly, let’s look at mindless eating for a moment. What does that look like, or feel like?…
How to Truly Hear from the Heart Heather Plett writes, “My three daughters are all very different in how they view the world, how they communicate and how they process emotions. One of the most challenging things I’ve had to learn as their mom is that I have to listen to each of them differently. “One…
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