by Susan McGarvie | Dec 20, 2022 | Mindfulness, Uncategorized, Wellness
Feeling overwhelmed, whether by work or life in general, can be a vulnerable and lonely experience, and this is how many people are feeling as we charge toward the end of this, the “rebuild” year. We started the year with hope of a better year, a...
by Susan McGarvie | Feb 20, 2017 | Mindfulness, Uncategorized, Wellness
What is Interpersonal Mindfulness? So much of our wellbeing and happiness is about how effectively we can connect. When we embark on personal growth journeys, we may begin with re-connecting with our self and our internal world, but integral to our growth and...
by Susan McGarvie | Jan 30, 2017 | Uncategorized
True Inquiry doesn’t land on an answer, it opens us up to a mystery that is meant to be lived -Tara Brach Last week I wrote about cultivating awareness and touched on some of the mindful practices that we do in order to keep expanding our awareness and...
by Susan McGarvie | Jan 23, 2017 | Uncategorized
Mindfulness has been described as having two wings – the wing of awareness and the wing of compassion. In fact, many of the mindfulness teachings emphasise the need to cultivate both awareness and compassion in balanced tandem. In a recent group discussion, we...
by Susan McGarvie | Jan 13, 2017 | Mindfulness, Uncategorized, Wellness
For many of us; this is a time of planning and goal setting for the year or even, for the rest of our lives. The beginning of the new year brings with it the allure of new possibilities and potential changes and shifts. We can feel the frisson of excitement and we...
by Susan McGarvie | Nov 22, 2016 | Mindfulness, Uncategorized, Wellness
In our mindful wellness group last week, we talked about the concept of mindfulness and how the reality of the concept and the title of the concept don’t always seem to gel. The conversation was a little tongue in cheek, but it struck a chord with me. Why is it...
