The Conscious Professional

There is concrete scientific evidence that practicing mindfulness increases an individual’s resilience. The hippocampus regulates anxiety and the larger the volume of the hippocampus, the more resilience an individual possesses. As highlighted in the following article, mindfulness practices increase brain…

Summer is here and many of you may be soon jetting off for a well deserved holiday and a necessary dose of Vitamin D. Holidays are the perfect time to unwind, escape your daily grind and really focus on yourself.…

‘Where there’s a will, there’s a way’ Our minds are powerful tools. Setting an intention, consistently reaffirming it and believing it is a way of using our minds to our advantage. When you take the time to connect and openly…

Mindfulness can be practiced anytime, anywhere. Incorporating mindfulness into actions or tasks that we do on a daily basis can be the bridge to sustaining a daily meditation habit. Some people may work well practicing mindfulness when they’re brushing their…

The wellbeing equation is made up of lots of different elements: what we feed our bodies, how we use our bodies, what we feed our brains, how we use our brains and what experiences we take part in and our…

A common reason people don’t sustain a long term meditation practice is because they find it difficult to carve out any time in their busy schedules. When one has a full time career, a house to run and children or…

The butterfly is our teacher when it comes to all things transformative. If we could look in at the pupae in the mid stages of metamorphosis, we would see a muddy digestive mess. If we didn’t know better, we might…

Developing resilient professionals and fostering a corporate culture of mindfulness and wellbeing is giving companies a competitive advantage. If your company doesn’t currently have any mindfulness initiatives in place, you can still incorporate mindfulness into your work day. This article…

“Don’t try to change anything at all, just breathe and let go. Breathe and let be… in your mind and in your heart, give yourself permission to allow this moment to be exactly as it is, and allow yourself to…

The ever increasing pace of life plus the rise in dieting is a recipe for less than optimal eating habits. Eating on-the-go or while distracted by phones, laptops or televisions has become commonplace, causing many of us to lose touch…