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Birding and Mindfulness: Seeing the familiar with new eyes

January 18, 2020 By Dean Nicholson

It’s a sunny morning as I walk beside a favourite wetland, binoculars in hand, looking for interesting birds.  Suddenly, a startled duck lifts off the pond. I glance quickly. ‘Oh, it’s just a mallard’ I say, a common bird I can see by the dozen any day of the year.  I quickly forget it and […]

Filed Under: Mindfulness and Nature

When it comes to change, be like a shark

October 7, 2019 By Dean Nicholson

This blog first appeared here on Clear Sky Meditation Center’s blog Have you ever tried to change a habit? It’s easy to get discouraged and give up when things don’t change as quickly as we’d like. When I’ve been trying to change habits that I don’t like, sometimes for weeks, I can still feel stuck. This is […]

Filed Under: Heathy Habits

Why are we fighting when I know I’m right?

October 7, 2019 By Dean Nicholson

This blog first appeared here on Clear Sky Meditation Center’s blog   I know I’m right. But here she goes again, making everything sound so rosy and optimistic. Can’t she see the the dark clouds on the horizon? And look, everyone is nodding and agreeing with her. I mean, seriously, aren’t they giving any critical […]

Filed Under: Aware Living

Sleepless night after night

October 7, 2019 By Dean Nicholson

This blog first appeared here on Clear Sky Meditation Center’s blog Suddenly I was wide awake. With dread, I looked over at the clock on the nightstand, hoping I wouldn’t see what I knew I would…1:30 a.m.! I’d been asleep for less than three hours, and if this night was like all the nights of […]

Filed Under: Heathy Habits

Alive Mindfully
Alive Mindfully offers individual and couples counseling online and in-person, meditation and wellness courses and retreats. Founded by counsellor and meditation teacher Maureen Smith in 2015, Alive Mindfully is based in the East Kootenay area of British Columbia, in the beautiful Canadian Rocky Mountains.

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