Recently my 14-year old son came home from school very upset. It turns out that a “friend” had been bugging him about being of German descent. A little hist...

Recently someone attributed the phrase, “Everyone should meditate for 20 minutes a day, if they are too busy, they should sit for 1 hour.” I am not sure if ...

The most amount of male participants that I have had in one of my courses is 2, and one of them dropped out after the first three weeks. In my retreat exper...

If you do a google search asking how many decisions we make on average every day, it comes up with 35 000 (imagine the implications of this if you believe a ...

So yesterday was my birthday, 48 years old now. I think the last 8 years have been the most rewarding and fulfilling in my life. Not because I didn’t suffer ...

Being an adolescent in our modern times is not an easy task. A 2017 Time Magazine article stated that depression has increased between 2012 and 2015 by 50% ...

As I try and build my teaching up in the big city of Auckland I have come across some resistance from people to promote Mindful Self-Compassion. Sometimes t...

The Dalai Lama says that compassion is not a luxury, we need it for the survival of humanity. After the events in Christchurch last week I am again reminded...

At my recent “MFY: Mindful Self-Compassion for Teens” training in Australia, I took the time to do a Labyrinth walking meditation each day. I love the labyr...

The sign of a good teacher is someone that embodies what they teach. This type of teacher lives what they pass on to others, which is really the only way to...

Over the past 4 days I have been attending the International Conference on Mindfulness Asia Pacific. There have been some amazing presenters, and some very ...

Quiet courage, a way to face times that feel dark and hopeless with determination, knowing that things will change, as everything does. Nothing is permanent...

A common struggle with most Mindful Self-Compassion teachers that I have talked to, is the struggle to fill classes with enough participants. Especially in ...

A bird comes to rest on a tree, as people walk aimlessly around me. Nowhere to go. Nothing to do. Asking; What SHOULD I do? How SHOULD I be? Can you let go o...

After some persistence the local media did finally publish something about my next course offering on Waiheke Island. Unfortunately, they spelt the email co...