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Mindfulness – our sixth sense: self-care begins here (ehospice series)
Today is the ninth week of our ten week mindfulness series by Dr Patricia (Trish) Lück, a palliative care physician and facilitator of mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) programmes, exploring self-care for the healthcare professional in everyday palliative care … Continue reading
Mindfulness – our sixth sense: responding to stress
This week, week five, in our ten week mindfulness series by Dr Patricia (Trish) Lück, a palliative care physician and facilitator of mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) programmes, we explore the theme of Responding to stress. How we respond to stress … Continue reading
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Tagged attention, curiosity, ehospice, mindfulness, response, stress reactivity
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Perception and practice
Today I thought I would simply share as my post the article that I wrote for ehospice.com this week. It tells a story that continues to resonate even after twelve years. A story of presence, of kindness, of attending with … Continue reading
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Tagged attention, care, compassion, kindness, perception, presence
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What are we doing?
Since my house burned down I now have a better view Of the rising moon Haiku by Basho It has been difficult to come to this writing these past months. To write from the heart as I have committed to … Continue reading
Posted in Love & loss, grief & joy
Tagged attention, compassion, curiosity, difficult, faith, grace, intimacy, joy, letting go, presence, vulnerability
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A fool’s journey
By David Whyte In that first hardly noticed moment in which you wake, coming back to this life from the other more secret, moveable and frighteningly honest world where everything began, there is a small opening into the new day … Continue reading
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Tagged attention, community, control, courage, heart, journey, joy, letting go, life, loss, love, presence, transitions
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Double, double toil and trouble
“Boil thou first in the charmed pot. Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn and cauldron bubble.” “Fair is foul and foul is fair.” (the witches of Shakespeare’s Macbeth) Once again today my class met and found itself engaged with … Continue reading
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Tagged anger, attention, compassion, control, joy, kindness, laughter, love, noticing, open heartedness, stop sit breathe be, suffering
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Zinakekele – Care for yourself
This time of the year is often experienced as a time for care – caring for others; caring for ourselves. Time for rest, and time for others we care about. Time to reflect on the blessings that are part of … Continue reading
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