Jane's Journal
Grounding – Another Way to Cope with Stress
Interested in finding out more about grounding and how you could become grounded? If so, keep reading as in this post I am going to share – Let’s get started… What is Grounding? There are a few definitions of grounding floating around, however how I refer to it is as follows. Grounding is a coping…
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An Enoughness or Scarcity Mentality – Which One Resonates with You?
Back on August 22, 2014, I wrote about an abundance or lack mentality. In the post I discussed a belief that I had around money and how it impacted my behaviour and wellbeing. Today, I am a different person from when I wrote that post. As I have been reflecting on money recently (again), today I would…
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What is the Difference Between a Goal and a Core Value?
Last year, I wrote about what is the difference between a goal and an intention? Recently I had the question from a client, what is the difference between a goal and a core value? So today, I am going to share that! In this post I will discuss – Let’s get started! What is a Goal?…
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What is Self-Respect and Why Is It Important?
The past few days, I have invested quite a bit of time reflecting about power and why we can give it away. Subsequently, today I wanted to share about self-respect and why it is important. So, in this post I will discuss – Let’s get started… What is Respect? There are many definitions on respect,…
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What is My Disorganisation Costing Me?
One of the areas people often ask me for help is organisation. This is a skill / trait I have had the majority of my life – it comes naturally to me and I am challenged when I don’t feel organised. There was a time thought in my life, when I did struggle with being…
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How Do Mindfulness and Self-Compassion Relate to One Another?
As I was teaching mindfulness this week, a question come up – how do mindfulness and self-compassion relate to one another? When I first started learning about mindful self-compassion, I had a similar question, so following is some of what I discovered. What is Mindfulness? Mindfulness is often referred to as the opposite of resistance. Mindfulness in everyday life…
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Becoming Mindful of Resistance
At the moment, I am running a mindful self-compassion course and in the course it talks about resistance. As I was preparing for the course, I decided to delve a little deeper in to resistance and wanted to share some insights. In this post, I will discuss – Let’s get started… What is Resistance? In mindfulness meditation, resistance…
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Starting to Recognise the Window of Tolerance
Living a whole-hearted life can be challenging. The adventure can have many ups and downs. As we explore internally, we start to realise that we don’t know what we are going to discover. That is why having the right tools in our toolkit are so important. And one of them for me is the Window of Tolerance.…
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The River of Integration – Discovering Flow & Harmony Between the Chaos & Rigidity
What is the River of Integration? The River of Integration is a metaphor coined by Daniel Siegel in his book Mindsight. It is used to describe a human being that is thriving, healthy and well. When the river (and human being) is integrated, healthy and flowing, it is – On either side of the river are…
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