2020 – Intentions for the highest good

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“Make a positive difference and be of benefit in the world”.
“Create a kinder, more compassionate and happier world”.

Welcome to 2020 and the dawn of a new decade!

The past is now behind us. We now have the future ahead of us with an opportunity to join together to make greater positive transformation for the highest common good in our world.

I started this morning with an extended meditation and contemplating my higher intentions (more on setting intentions in a later post) for the coming year. I will be stepping up to be even more mindful to awaken my mantra and call to action through my body – actions, speech – words and communication and mind – thoughts and mindset.

“Intention + Action = Reality”  – Louise Crosby

There are disturbing and challenging events occurring in our world today and it can be too easy to allow all the bad news to hold our attention and fall into a “negative bias” mindset and attitude.

At times it might seem hard to fathom that Read more…

Sacred Silence

Why you need it and how to get more of it

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Learn to be silent. Let your quiet mind listen and absorb – Pythagoras

Do you ever find yourself in a café or other public place with a cacophony of loud music, voices and traffic and wishing that you could turn down the volume on the world and let go of the burden on your brain to have at least a little more silence in your day?

Your brain needs silence to perform its functions well and regulate stress levels. Deep in your brain’s temporal lobe is the amygdala which is one of two almond-shaped clusters of nuclei (a set of neurons). The amygdala has a busy time carrying out its numerous functions. It is part of the limbic system which performs a key role in Read more…