Cultivating equanimity: Meditating on transcience

Cultivating equanimity: Meditating on transcience

‘Once upon a time there lived a man named Freddie, a wise leader, who, in spite of his great wisdom, often struggled with emotional highs and lows. Freddie was prone to periods of great elation where he would make very poor decisions, and periods of great...
Resourcing yourself in the face of challenge

Resourcing yourself in the face of challenge

In 1989 during the international Antarctic exhibition, six men spent nine months crossing the Antarctic. Two days before the expedition ended, they hit a blizzard. While they were camped Keizo Funatsu went out to feed his huskies. He was one of world’s great experts...
Our greatest gift: The path to purpose

Our greatest gift: The path to purpose

Rumi has a beautiful passage on meaning and purpose: “There is one thing in this world you must never forget to do. If you forget everything else and not this, there’s nothing to worry about, but if you remember everything else and forget this, then you...
Practice: Seek and savour

Practice: Seek and savour

This practice is designed to increase positive emotion and deepen resilience by cultivating curiosity and experiencing pleasure. This can be done at any time in any place. In the first step we ‘prime our mind’ to seek out some positive experience. In doing so we are...
Communicating is creating: Transforming foes into friends

Communicating is creating: Transforming foes into friends

Reflections (A wisdom story) Once upon a time, a Russian peasant went to visit Moscow, the big city. He arrived at its fanciest hotel. His boots were covered with mud, his clothing was torn, and his appearance was dishevelled. Despite all this, the clerk at the hotel...