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Mindful Adventure Stories


Calming the Fire
With a world on fire all around, you have the power to calm your own heart and mind and create a better world for those you love.


How We Face Challenges
The narratives we run in our heads determine our experience of life. Owning the thoughts we create is the key to personal power.


Kindness is a Skill
If you are fortunate enough to find a good mentor, they can teach you any number of skills. Sharon Salzberg taught me how to be kind.


A Moment of Peace
The proof is in the practice. Even five minutes a day in a restorative yoga pose can effectively press the reset button on stress.


Releasing the Weight on Your Shoulders
When the weight on your shoulders feels unsupportable, there are self-care tools to support you in being the positive change you seek.


Words Are Not Enough
Silence = Complicity Words are not enough. Action is what matters now. Effective action is driven by understanding and empathy.


The Balancing Act of Growth
Are we doomed to be stuck in the patterns of the past, or can we proactively change them and grow? It all depends on how we view challenge.


Stability in a World of Wobble
As circumstances keep shifting around us, how do we find our point of balance? That’s where mindfulness & yoga can help.


resilience + belief = goal
Midway through the second climb after leaving O’Cebreiro, I was cursing the author of my guidebook, who had left out vitally important...


my #metoo story
I jumped as I felt the bony old hand dig into the soft crease of my upper left thigh. The president of the international cinema chain,...


courage + connection = power
The flap shut and pitch black descended, a faint red glow turning the black to deep brown just above the hot stones. Fear spiked through...


Do You Think You Will Break?
Closing the door to her Manhattan apartment for the final time, Robin Patino left behind a 20-year business career to embark on a...
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