The Zen of you can’t change yourself

You can’t change yourself, so don’t even try. I know that’s not what the infomercials and self-help books tell you. But they’re wrong. You can’t change. Like a fat man staring into an empty fridge—there’s nothing there. So, stop it. Why can’t you change yourself?...

How Nature Benefits Your Brain

Recent studies show that nature and especially the coast, is one of the best places to alleviate stress and find calm to recharge our minds. The reasons for this is quite fascinating. In nature all your senses are engaged, and this means you can’t help but wake up out...

Addiction and Mindfulness

One of the first steps in dealing with addiction is to discover the emotional cause of it, whether it is fear, depression, anxiety, or unhappiness.  And what triggers these emotions. Why? Because the two main causes of relapse are personal triggers and stress. And...

Meditation is the answer to your question

I think the number one reason why people do not meditate are because they struggle to find the time. And usually when people tell me that they can’t find the time, I reply with the quote from Saint Francis de Sales (a bit sarcastically, I should mention): “Half an...

Mindfulness Meditation as part of an integrated health care model

It is a well-established fact that there is a co-dependency between mental and physical health. And this fact, sadly to say, becomes more evident in times of economic uncertainty and political instability. And one of the ways to see this are in the increased costs and...