Living life on autopilot and the power of having a mindfulness mentor
Mindfulness practice helps us to open up to life’s experiences, move from reacting to responding and actually allows us to live life with ourselves present for it. When we move from reacting to responding, we actually get to choose - is this worth exploding over, or not? In the past, I’d usually just explode. And then regret it. The ability to make that choice today is truly incredible. That’s because we train our brain to stop. It’s quite miraculous. I was extremely sceptical at first, but it was integral to my healing as it taught me to connect with my body and gain understanding that a lot of my chronic pain in the past was linked to anxiety trapped in my...