Compassion in Action! There With Care…
I cannot imagine having a blog site dedicated compassion and to the practices of meditation and on compassionate action that did not include There With Care
How’s Your Good Heart? Meditating on the Moment with Compassion
There's an expression that's used in Tibet when one meets [...]
Forget About Yourself, Meditate for the Sake of Others!
While there are many reasons to practice meditation, one of [...]
Meditation is More Powerful Than Morphine!
How we experience our world, including our perceptions of the internal world, can be dramatically changed, and mediated, through meditation.
How Does Meditation Foster Compassion?
Compassion is revealed to be a benefit, perhaps a positive "side effect" of meditation in many contemplative traditions.
Science Quantifies (again) Gains Made Through Meditation
Findings highlight the clinically and socially possibility that sustained training in meditation may impact distinct domains of human decision-making.
Meditation Tip of the Week: Stop Blaming the World for Your Anger and Jealousy
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Meditation Tip of the Week: Stop Meditating!
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Meditation Tip of the Week: Find Your Mind…Anywhere!
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Meditation Tip of the Week: Don’t Think, Meditate
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Meditation Tip of the Week: Meditate…Even When it Doesn’t Work
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Meditation Tip of the Week: Meditate Whenever You Think About…Meditation!
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Mindfulness for Nurses: Eight Minutes of Panic, or….?
Who are you when you show up at the bedside? Are you excited? Burned out? Distracted? Energetic? Poetic? Sleeping? Maybe a combination of all of these?
The Science of Stress: Nursing and Stress…and More
Nursing and Stress As nurses, we're all too familiar with the physiology of stress and how it can impact our health. We may even find ourselves lecturing our patients about the importance of decreasing stress in their lives...only to go back to the nurses' station and realize that we're a bucket of nerves!
Meditation and Compassion for Nurses
Science Proves that Meditation Works! You've probably read it before, [...]
Meditation for Nurses: Transforming the Patient Experience…
Having been a nurse for more than 30 years as well as a long-time practitioner of meditation, I’ve come to understand that the transformation of my own mind can have a “ripple effect” on the minds of my patients. When I make it my primary intention to be present, aware and compassionate at the bedside, their experience of me as caregiver (and by extension their experience within the healthcare system) is transformed.
Nursing as a Practice of Meditation
Nursing as a Practice of Meditation While this week's post is directed towards nurses and healthcare professionals, I encourage all of my readers to have a look. Since healthcare and its practitioners can impact all of us at some point in our lives, it's important to know what nursing is doing about showing up at the bedside, mindful and compassionate. Enjoy!
Meditation for Nurses: How to Thrive in a Demanding Profession
Ready to commit to a meditation practice? Researchers have concluded that the expectation that a meditation technique will work can have dramatic effects on your willingness and ability to participate in a practice. So, make a commitment...