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Making Peace with Pessimism

I put pressure on myself to be happy and grateful for all that I have and all that I share with my loved ones. I long to step up to the plate of seasonal joy but don’t always make the mark with my natural tendency to pessimism….

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Mindfulness for Aging Well

“Kabat Zinn’s ideas revolutionized the field of mind-body medicine, putting it on a firm scientific footing. Now his technique is one of the most powerful anti-stress therapies ever shown to actually work in the elderly population,,”

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Mindfulness in the wilderness

When we launched our canoes on to the French River toward Georgian Bay for seven days this summer, I felt a sigh of happiness in my heart. But I had been so busy getting ready that I forgot how it always takes me a few days to settle into the rhythm of wilderness tripping.

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