by Simply Mindful | Aug 21, 2024 | Anxiety, Meditation practice, Mindfulness, Stress
Acceptance is a modest sounding, kind of unsexy word, and generally met with a slight distrust. As if it might ask us to agree with the unforgiveable or unacceptable. Actually, acceptance is one of the super-skills we build in mindfulness meditation practice. It...
by Simply Mindful | Apr 17, 2022 | Anxiety, MBSR, Mindfulness, Student reflections
by Angela Anthony I don’t think my circumstances were unique: I was searching the internet for a meditation course because life felt unbearable. My circumstances weren’t going to change: I needed to work out how I could change to meet them. Life wasn’t going to hand...
by Simply Mindful | Feb 17, 2022 | Anxiety, Mindfulness
What is anxiety? Anxiety is more than just feeling stressed or worried. It’s a serious condition where people struggle to cope with everyday life. When anxiety dominates, we obsess about what might go wrong and those feelings of stress or worry just won’t go away. The...
by Simply Mindful | Jun 19, 2020 | Anxiety, MBSR, Mindfulness
Some anxiety is a normal part of being human. When anxiety gets out of control, it can start to run our lives. People suffering anxiety symptoms and anxiety disorder spend so much time worrying about stuff that might happen in the future, that they lose their capacity...