MINDSTAY

Wherever we go we take our mind with us.

I was really looking forward to spending five days in silence during my meditation retreat in the mountains of North Carolina. Five days of peace, meditation and vegetarian food, in silence with nature.

My mind had been really act...

“When we know how to suffer, we suffer much less.” - Thich Nhat Hanh

Probably the first thing we think when reading this quote is “ I would prefer not to suffer at all!” . Mindfulness is about acceptance.

Many times during our meditation the thought of "I’m not doing it...

The five most relevant studies about the benefits of meditation on your health

1- Mindfulness practice leads to increases in regional brain gray matter density

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The most common excuses not to meditate and how to get rid of them right now

BEING YOURSELF

We hear it all the time: “ just be yourself!” We hear it when we are going to a job interview,  presenting at an important meeting or when we are meeting someone for the first time. We’ve been hearing since we were adolescents.  So, what does being yourse...

Multitasking is a myth—we are all serial thinkers…. 

 I confess that once again, I write this email while multitasking, realizing that I multitask because I think I have too much to do or feel like there is not enough time to do what I think needs to be done. In additio...

Mindfulness meditation is about experiencing and accepting the present moment and in that sense is different from other styles of meditation. Studies on the benefits of meditation have been done on people that practice mindfulness meditation so it’s important to know w...

Is being present a leadership skill? Can being present determine the outcome of a meeting?

I recently met with someone who was interested in doing business with a new company I had just started. It took several weeks to arrange the meeting and I was looking forward to t...