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Mindfulness in a Frantic World

Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy techniques for dissolving anxiety, stress, and unhappiness.

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Mindfulness Meditation Will Make You Tougher Too

Danny Penman Ph.D. on October 28, 2011

Mindfulness training has been proven to help relieve anxiety, stress and depression whilst boosting intelligence and creative thinking. This is all good news, but it's also necessary to have a degree of 'toughness' (we prefer the term 'resilience') to withstand life's knocks and kick-backs.

So, could regular meditation make you 'too' nice?

Mindfulness training has been proven to help relieve anxiety, stress and depression whilst boosting intelligence and creative thinking. This is all good news, but it's also necessary to have a degree of 'toughness' (we prefer the term 'resilience') to withstand life's knocks and kick-backs.

So, could regular meditation make you 'too' nice?

Meditation
The Joy of Sneezing

Danny Penman Ph.D. on October 21, 2011

A sneezing fit is probably one of the most emphatic ways of interrupting a meditation. So why not incorporate it into the meditation instead of worrying about it 'interrupting' you...

A sneezing fit is probably one of the most emphatic ways of interrupting a meditation. So why not incorporate it into the meditation instead of worrying about it 'interrupting' you...

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The Chocolate Meditation

Danny Penman Ph.D. on September 12, 2011

Mindfulness meditation is often seen as an austere practice. While simplicity has its place, it also pays to remember that Mindfulness is first and foremost about compassion towards yourself and to others. So it's time to lighten your soul by meditating while eating a bar of chocolate. What could be a better meditation for Mindfulness Day?

Mindfulness meditation is often seen as an austere practice. While simplicity has its place, it also pays to remember that Mindfulness is first and foremost about compassion towards yourself and to others. So it's time to lighten your soul by meditating while eating a bar of chocolate. What could be a better meditation for Mindfulness Day?

Anxiety
Freeing Yourself from Depression, Anxiety, Stress and Exhaustion

Danny Penman Ph.D. on September 2, 2011

It is possible to taste an alternative to the relentless struggle that pervades much of our daily lives. Recent scientific advances have discovered the secret of happiness and how you can successfully tackle anxiety, stress, exhaustion and even full-blown depression. It’s the kind of happiness that gets into your bones and promotes a deep-seated authentic love of life.

It is possible to taste an alternative to the relentless struggle that pervades much of our daily lives. Recent scientific advances have discovered the secret of happiness and how you can successfully tackle anxiety, stress, exhaustion and even full-blown depression. It’s the kind of happiness that gets into your bones and promotes a deep-seated authentic love of life.