Thoughts Worth Having
Essays and teachings from mindfulness teachers Tim Goddard and other voices
If you value reflections that inspire and gently provoke deeper thinking, you'll find plenty here. Short musings and reflections to inspire, encourage and mystify you in a good way – from the most recent writings to other topics found by search.
Which wolf are you feeding?
Why do we need mindfulness meditation? As humans, we run on three systems: drive (getting things done), defence (fight, flight, freeze), and restoration (rest, connection, "home base"). Modern life keeps...
Which wolf are you feeding?
Why do we need mindfulness meditation? As humans, we run on three systems: drive (getting things done), defence (fight, flight, freeze), and restoration (rest, connection, "home base"). Modern life keeps us stuck in drive and defence, which takes a toll...
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What the Hell is Wrong with Me?!
Like many of you, every Monday morning I go to work. I am lucky enough to be able to retire like many of my colleagues. After all, I started to...
What the Hell is Wrong with Me?!
Like many of you, every Monday morning I go to work. I am lucky enough to be able to retire like many of my colleagues. After all, I started to...
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Pope Leo’s take on AI and our predicament
Are we losing our capacity for wonder? I was a Catholic once and I loved it. I loved Jesus and I so appreciated the serenity and ground it gave to...
Pope Leo’s take on AI and our predicament
Are we losing our capacity for wonder? I was a Catholic once and I loved it. I loved Jesus and I so appreciated the serenity and ground it gave to...
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The Shape of a Life (It's Not an Arc)
There's a story we assume about change. It goes something like this: something difficult happens, we struggle, we grow, we overcome - and then we arrive. Transformed. The hero(ine) returns...
The Shape of a Life (It's Not an Arc)
There's a story we assume about change. It goes something like this: something difficult happens, we struggle, we grow, we overcome - and then we arrive. Transformed. The hero(ine) returns...
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Be Like a Lion, Not Like a Dog
I love dogs! Here is a photo of Rascal who often take his time in this position, when moving off a chair.  (What a coot! What’s he doing? Feeling his sensations?...
Be Like a Lion, Not Like a Dog
I love dogs! Here is a photo of Rascal who often take his time in this position, when moving off a chair.  (What a coot! What’s he doing? Feeling his sensations?...
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Finding Peace Within the Pain: Lorraine's Journey
For years, I've carried pain as an unwelcome companion. It began with a head-on collision in 1998- surgeries, rehabilitation, and the slow work of learning to coexist with what remained....
Finding Peace Within the Pain: Lorraine's Journey
For years, I've carried pain as an unwelcome companion. It began with a head-on collision in 1998- surgeries, rehabilitation, and the slow work of learning to coexist with what remained....
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Meditation Is Not What You Think
There's a beautiful paradox at the heart of mindfulness meditation practice, and it's captured perfectly in Jon Kabat-Zinn's phrase: "Meditation is not what you think." Not what you think it...
Meditation Is Not What You Think
There's a beautiful paradox at the heart of mindfulness meditation practice, and it's captured perfectly in Jon Kabat-Zinn's phrase: "Meditation is not what you think." Not what you think it...
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Tenderness In Our Practice & Our Relationships ...
A few years back I went to a one day seminar with a remarkable person - Kent Hoffman. He is a long-term meditation dude in the Zen tradition, and also...
Tenderness In Our Practice & Our Relationships - Esp...
A few years back I went to a one day seminar with a remarkable person - Kent Hoffman. He is a long-term meditation dude in the Zen tradition, and also...
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