PSYCHOLOGICAL & SPIRITUAL THERAPY: What to do when you have a feeling of...
In our new weekly Psychological & Spiritual Therapy column, therapist Jack Surguy is offering professional advice to The Mindful Word readers for all those questions and problems you have wanted to...
View ArticleTHE DEEPEST WOUND: Genuine love without judgment can heal residual childhood...
The Deepest Wound 1. The deepest wound. My wound, your wound, Was the first, the most cutting, The damage done, Before we even knew who we were. Just starting to look out, To relate, to feel love,...
View ArticleYOGA OVER 50: The journey is in never arriving
According to the Yoga Alliance’s 2016 report on Yoga in America, “36.7 million Americans or 15 percent of U.S. adults practice Yoga in the U.S.” Of course, Yoga is great for you. It promotes well-being...
View ArticleWE ALL CONTAIN MULTITUDES: How doctors can stop seeing their patients as the...
A “difficult” patient Recently, I had an encounter with a patient who wasn’t like me in several ways. He’d had chronic pain for years, and lately had been misusing and lying about narcotic medications...
View ArticleLIBERATION IN WANTING: The strange phenomenon of wanting not to want
Life is all about being with “what is” Your present-moment experience is all there is. It’s all you have; it’s everything. Therefore, life is all about being with “what is” without pushing away what’s...
View ArticleHEALING IN THE PRESENT: 3 tips for dealing with pain and letting go of the past
As we move through life, one of the things we can all count on is the experience of pain. Whether a small disappointment or a long, drawn-out catastrophe, each negative experience has a hand in shaping...
View ArticlePHILOSOPHER OR MEDITATOR?: How meditation can help us resist the fantasies...
“The artist is a seer, a becomer,” wrote the philosopher Gilles Deleuze and the psychiatrist Félix Guattari in their 1996 book, What Is Philosophy? I thought of this quote the other day, when a student...
View ArticlePRESENT-MOMENT ACCEPTANCE AND WAKING-UP-NESS: Notice yourself as a spiritual...
Life is unconditional acceptance n alignment with the present moment allows us to feel the neutrality of stillness, the peace within and the possibility of being in a place of complete acceptance of...
View ArticleHEART SURGERY: An epiphany on day 6 of silent meditation with Thich Nhat Hanh
t had been two years since I’d made the accidental discovery. My false hope of reconciliation was like a wino with a lottery ticket. It was my second marriage. I refused its death, despised just the...
View ArticleTHE ACCEPTANCE OF AUTISM: What autistic individuals can teach us about...
For about 20 years, I’ve been involved in assessing and diagnosing hundreds of children and adults with autism and Asperger’s syndrome, which are both ‘disorders’ within the autistic spectrum. To...
View ArticleYOU ARE BEAUTIFUL: Be kind to yourself and come to terms with your body
My best friend and I are swimming in my pool. She’s in my second-grade class and happens to live next door. I pull myself out of the water and up onto the edge to take a break. My friend swims over and...
View ArticleFINDING ASYLUM: Welcoming the Shadow to guide us home
In the minute it takes to read the first few lines of this article, 20 people from across the planet will be newly displaced from their homes as a result of human rights violations, conflict or...
View ArticleBEYOND THE SPECTACLE OF VETERANS DAY: Reflecting on the losses at home
Veterans Day is not just a day to have fun and show off my rare vintage headgear given to me by Catholic War Veterans of America. It’s a day on which to reflect! On what? Well, not so much about losses...
View ArticleA SENSE OF COMMUNITY: A night at the 7-Eleven
The online reviews for this motel and the part of the city it’s in are downright scary. But it’s the only low-priced room available in all of Phoenix, Arizona tonight. We get the key card for our room....
View ArticleTHE CANADIAN EXPERIENCE : A shared identity in a polarizing world
“Where are you from?” In a simple world, I would answer that I’m from Canada. If I gave that answer, I would look like a fool, though, because I know what the other person is really asking. They are...
View ArticleFORGIVE THE BULLIED: Accepting my past and finding my inner voice again
I scroll through an old high school classmate’s Instagram feed and feel slightly jealous. Jealous because I’ve never had the courage to be more open like she is, to grab life by the horns and just live...
View ArticleWE ARE NOT OUR BODIES: Loving yourself when you don’t like yourself
Dealing with depression from a young age has left me with a lot of baggage to unpack and a lot of knots inside my head to unwind. The thing that pops up, time and time again, is me not liking myself....
View ArticleBEYOND THE SPECTACLE OF VETERANS DAY: Reflecting on the losses at home
Veterans Day is not just a day to have fun and show off my rare vintage headgear given to me by Catholic War Veterans of America. It’s a day on which to reflect! On what? Well, not so much about losses...
View ArticleA SENSE OF COMMUNITY: A night at the 7-Eleven
The online reviews for this motel and the part of the city it’s in are downright scary. But it’s the only low-priced room available in all of Phoenix, Arizona tonight. We get the key card for our room....
View ArticleTHE CANADIAN EXPERIENCE : A shared identity in a polarizing world
Last updated on May 31st, 2019 at 12:06 pm“Where are you from?” In a simple world, I would answer that I’m from Canada. If I gave that answer, I would look like a fool, though, because I know what the...
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