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Be Your Own Valentine
Welcome to a holiday that we are expected to show how much we love another person by purchasing flowers, candy, or jewelry. As we become...

Leigh Hurst
Feb 13, 20193 min read


Choosing Your Word For The Year
Many years ago I came up with the idea of making a conscious choice to choose your word for the year. As humans we are trained to set a...

Leigh Hurst
Dec 21, 20184 min read


How to Meditate the Right Way
Let me guess, You don’t meditate because you tried it a few times and you couldn’t stop your mind from “thinking”? Then you thought to...
JC Conway
Dec 19, 20184 min read


Minutes of Mindfulness Series Episode #43: How to Stay Mindful During the Holidays
Happy Holidays to you and your family! We sincerely hope your next few weeks are full of family, friends and special holiday memories!...
JC Conway
Dec 17, 20181 min read


5 Things You Should Know About Self-Neglect
Self-neglect is something we do every day without realizing it. Staying awake until midnight to make sure tomorrow is perfect for our...

Leigh Hurst
Dec 13, 20183 min read


How to Stop Living Scared
Are you living scared? Do you avoid the things you know you should be doing because they might be hard or even worse, because you might...
JC Conway
Dec 12, 20184 min read


Minutes of Mindfulness Series Episode #42: What To Do When You Are Struggling
Life can be hard and sometimes it seems like there is no light at the end of the tunnel… So, what do we do in these moments of extreme...
JC Conway
Dec 9, 20181 min read


Why I Went Vegan
If you would have told me in 2014 that I would be meditating almost every day and that I would stop eating meat and all animal products I...
JC Conway
Dec 5, 20185 min read


Minutes of Mindfulness Series Episode #41: Nothing last Forever: the value of embracing impermanence
Here today and gone tomorrow. This, is a fact of life Sometimes though, it’s hard to give things up because we are attached to them and...
JC Conway
Dec 2, 20181 min read


A Cure for Confidence
Confidence is a funny thing. One minute we have it and the next minute it’s gone. Some of us were born with confidence while others...
JC Conway
Nov 28, 20185 min read


Minutes of Mindfulness Series Episode #40: Stop Running from Yourself!
Why do we meditate??? Is it to “feel” a certain way? Is it to “be” a certain way? Is it because we can’t stand ourselves anymore? It’s...
JC Conway
Nov 25, 20181 min read


The Secret to Success is Failure
I've always been a sucker for a good quote. In fact, if you looked on my phone right now you’d probably find about 300 quotes from books...
JC Conway
Nov 21, 20185 min read


Minutes of Mindfulness Series Episode #39: How Long Should We Meditate?
How long should we meditate each day...? No matter how long we’ve been meditating, the answer to this question can be very complicated....
JC Conway
Nov 18, 20181 min read


How to Stop Being So Grumpy: the 21 day gratitude challenge
Humans are naturally pessimistic. Think about it… Millions of years ago, it didn’t exactly serve our ancestors well to be cheerful,...
JC Conway
Nov 14, 20185 min read


Minutes of Mindfulness Series Episode #38: The Most Important Thing to Remember When You Meditate
Let’s face it, there is a lot to do when we meditate! There’s the counting of the breath, the noting when our mind wanders, the accepting...
JC Conway
Nov 11, 20181 min read


Meditation is Officially COOL!
If you’re like me and you love rap music, then you know that 2018 has been a banner year. With album releases from industry greats like...
JC Conway
Nov 7, 20183 min read


Minutes of Mindfulness Series Episode #37: How to be in the Moment: deep study leads to deep presenc
One of the hardest things to do in life is cultivate presence away from the meditation cushion. In our 37th episode of the Minutes of...

Leigh Hurst
Nov 4, 20181 min read


When We Need Meditation The Most: a cautionary tale of a meditator who lost his way
I’m not going to lie, the past couple of days have been some of the most challenging days I've had in the last 4 years. Not because...

Leigh Hurst
Oct 31, 20185 min read


Episode #36: A Meditator’s Struggle With Technology
Let’s face it… We all have urges and it's likely that a lot of us struggle with an addiction to our phones. The phone rings and were...

Leigh Hurst
Oct 28, 20181 min read


The Magic of Giving Big
I’ll be honest… I wanted to start this blog with a quote that I had written down after listening to a book a few years back but after...

Leigh Hurst
Oct 24, 20184 min read
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