Mindfulness Blog

My first mindfulness event of the year will be on Saturday 27th January in Wynns Hotel in Dublin. It's at 11am and runs for two hours. Most of my events are in the mornings, and I have found that this time is popular - maybe mindfulness people are larks! An intriguing...

I’ve almost finished my autumn/first-half-of-winter mindfulness tour with two dates left close to home (Dun Laoghaire on 10th December and Dublin on 16th December. Since August I’ve been to Belfast, Cork, Dublin, Dun Laoghaire, Galway, Malahide. Mullingar, Naas, Navan, Tallaght, Tralee, Limerick, Sligo and Waterford.

It was great to see full houses at almost all of these venues (I had to put up the ‘sold out’ notice a few times).

You don't expect to find mindfulness flourishing in the pressurised life of the chef. But that's exactly what an Irish college is bringing to its Masters course for chefs. (Irish Times: "Calories, nutrition, mindfulness: what Foodology students learn"). According to...

Do you believe everything your mind tells you? If so:

how many disasters has your mind warned you against that never happened?
how many things have gone wrong that your mind neglected to warn you about?
how often has your mind told you to be angry about something that really didn’t matter in the scheme of things – or to be afraid of something that turned out perfectly well?

Whether you holiday with others or alone, mindfulness can make the experience better. Pack these tips – some are from my book Mindfulness on the Go – in your travel bag:

​"Whenever your mind becomes scattered, use your breath as the means to take hold of your mind again.” When I included this quote from Thich Nhat Hahn's book The Miracle of Mindfulness in my Daily Bell, it got a wide welcome on social media. I think that's because...

​Self-compassion is becoming a key aspect of mindfulness in the West. What is it? It involves looking at your failings with kindness and understanding and accepting that you share your painful experiences with many millions of others. "Self-compassion, therefore,...

Do you get something wrong every day? That's "bombu" nature. This Buddhist concept means we never get things completely right: instead we often make a mess of things because we're human. Bombu nature means we need to accept we can never achieve the highest levels of...

​“At some point during the day, taste the coffee,” she explains. “Notice it and that’s already disciplining your mind. Your mind wanders? It’s supposed to. Just bring it back to tasting the coffee, over and over again, and that’s like doing a sit-up.” So says Ruby Wax...