To be fully present here & now with open, caring, and nonjudgmental awareness… is an act of mindfulness. To be mindfully aware of your thoughts, feelings, and bodily sensations… is an act of kindness to ourselves. Mindful awareness is creating ‘space’ to experience things directly as they are moment by moment… to explore and examine […]

What matters most is grounding our attention to what is ‘here and now’. The past and the future are simply events- constructs we create in our own minds. Our direct experience is always here for us… happening in the present moment… arising & passing away, “right now!”  Having & sustaining awareness for what is happening […]

Plant your seeds… for who & what you may aspire to become. Nourish your seeds with caring attention… for what you ‘water’ inside you will begin to take ‘root’ and grow. Be patient & watch your seeds develop… for what you continue to nurture will eventually bloom & flourish. Within us all already exists the […]

Mindfulness starts with this simple yet purposeful intention. REMEMBER, we all have this innate ability to gently calm ourselves down… to be still and quiet… and to carefully watch what may be happening inside or outside of ourselves… here and now… moment by moment. Let curiosity be your guide… ‘rest your attention’… and come to […]

YES, you can… and it’s all about creating the right atmosphere and attitude for you to ‘just do it’. Accept & nurture the positive affirmation that…  ‘you already have what it takes’. What you don’t know is not an obstacle but an opportunity to experience and learn something new. Each time you courageously step out […]

Self-control is our brain’s capacity to resist speaking & acting on impulse. Besides self-awareness, it is one of the most important skills we can learn in life for making wiser & more appropriate decisions. By exercising self-control, we learn how ‘stepping back’ & patience (forbearance) can bring us more positive outcomes. Cultivating this skill, we […]

We are all born with this inherent quality of having independent authority over our own being- to discover and allow our ‘true self’ to find its own way. This intrinsic nature is also the freedom to be who we are… to accept & trust who we are. To be our ‘true’ or authentic self is […]

Mindfulness is our natural ability to sustain observing awareness without judgment…. moment by moment.

“I fail”. “I laugh”. “I simply start again”. Allow your failures to be the seeds for your success…

With you, I can simply be who I am… I am to you as you are to me… a ‘friend’.