Reading has been shown to be a wonderful tonic to mental wellbeing, reducing stress, increasing emotional intelligence and a recommended strategy for aiding sleep. Here we explore is there an optimum reading pace that will give us a more pleasurable mindful experience?

Have you ever sat down to listen to a meditation, but you can’t seem to get into it? Perhaps a traditional meditation is not what you need in that moment. Sometimes we need to work with the energy of our body first, before we find the optimum place of pause for us to meditate.

I was taken back to the songs I heard so often as a child, now watching live, with a lump in my throat and pure joy in my heart. How much of life do we view through the filtered lens? And how much of the magic are we missing?

Gratitude is one of the fundamental principles of mindfulness practice, but what if being grateful makes our blood boil? It’s all about timing.

What’s in your heart? A question Caren Benstead (Founder of The Well Retreat) asked me when we were exploring dreams for new offerings at The Well. This small, but mighty question made me take a breath. Wow, how often does an employer ask you, ‘What’s in your heart?’