No sooner had we moved into our first home in Costa Rica than Rich got locked in the bathroom.

We didn’t own anything much and there wasn’t anything major to unpack so while the kids and I were admiring …READ MORE

52 Exercises: Sexual Healing at Aqua Aerobics

52 Exercises: Sexual Healing at Aqua Aerobics

I’m an emotional person. That’s my greatest lesson from my mindfulness program. I’ve stopped taking the antidepressants after just two months. It’s not

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Travel Confession - I Fell in Love With a Cricket

Travel Confession: I Fell in Love With a Cricket

I’d shared my home with scorpions before in Africa but when we moved to Costa Rica it was bug central. There were scorpions under the fridge, a stick insect

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Mindful Body Scan to Cure a Whinging Pom

52 Exercises: Mindfulness Body Scan for a Whinging Pom

Call me a whinging Pom. It’s an Aussie expression describing British people who complain all the time. It’s not a label I like, especially because labels aren’t

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How to Stop Over-Eating When You Travel

How to Stop Over-Eating When You Travel

When we lived on Waiheke Island in New Zealand the harbor was only 10minutes from home, but as soon as we got on the ferry my son would ask: “I’m

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falun gong exercise review

52 Exercises: Falun Gong for a Surprising Number 20

Having been told that falun gong is not a form of exercise-based meditation but a sect I’m instantly suspicious. Paranoid even. There’s a free falun gong

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How to Stop Feeling Grumpy and Start Feeling Happy

How to Stop Feeling Grumpy and Start Feeling Happy

It’s a ten minute trip from my home to the psychotherapist’s office and I was trying to be mindful as I drove. I remember briefly focusing

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Jiu Jitsu and How to Deal With Anger

52 Exercises: #21 Jiu Jitsu and How to Deal With Anger

There are three reasons I decide to go to a Brazilian jiu jitsu class this week: 1. I’ve been spending too much time in bed and not enough time going to new

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How to Learn to Meditate: 5 Dos and Don'ts for Beginners

How to Learn to Meditate: 5 Dos and Don’ts for Beginners

Learning how to meditate’s easy if you know what to do and what not to do. In March I decided it was finally time to stop thinking about meditating and

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Walking and Mindfulness for Beginners

52 Exercises: #20 Beach Walking and Mindfulness for Beginners

I’ve learned so much from this bout of depression but mainly I’ve learned that I know nothing. Today I’m not sure if I even have depression. Maybe the anti-

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