http://www.mindfulpurpose.com Discover who you are and live by it Fri, 12 Feb 2010 22:21:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 http://www.mindfulpurpose.com/blog-home/how-to-cuddle-with-an-elephant-seal http://www.mindfulpurpose.com/blog-home/how-to-cuddle-with-an-elephant-seal#comments Fri, 12 Feb 2010 19:43:22 +0000 sunada http://www.mindfulpurpose.com/?p=867 Here's a delightful video for you. It's pretty amazing to see how two very different beings -- a human and an elephant seal, can establish such trust and rapport with each other.]]> http://www.mindfulpurpose.com/blog-home/how-to-cuddle-with-an-elephant-seal/feed 0 http://www.mindfulpurpose.com/blog-home/everyday-mindfulness/mindfully-doing-what%e2%80%99s-important http://www.mindfulpurpose.com/blog-home/everyday-mindfulness/mindfully-doing-what%e2%80%99s-important#comments Fri, 12 Feb 2010 17:59:38 +0000 sunada http://www.mindfulpurpose.com/?p=838 "I’d really like to do _________ but I never seem to find the time." How often do we say that? And what’s in that blank? Starting meditation, writing a book, working on a creative hobby? Why is it so hard to get to those things we wish we could? I’d like to share with you the story of how my client James (not his real name) dealt with this problem. James is in business for himself as a therapist and freelance journalist, and is also a husband, dad, and ]]> http://www.mindfulpurpose.com/blog-home/everyday-mindfulness/mindfully-doing-what%e2%80%99s-important/feed 0 http://www.mindfulpurpose.com/blog-home/everyday-mindfulness/when-did-you-last-really-stop-to-smell-the-roses http://www.mindfulpurpose.com/blog-home/everyday-mindfulness/when-did-you-last-really-stop-to-smell-the-roses#comments Tue, 02 Feb 2010 22:54:12 +0000 sunada http://www.mindfulpurpose.com/?p=813 If we don't have a moment to stop and listen to one of the best musicians in the world, playing some of the finest music ever written, with one of the most beautiful instruments ever made, then how many other things are we missing? A sad and telling story of an urban experiment. ]]> http://www.mindfulpurpose.com/blog-home/everyday-mindfulness/when-did-you-last-really-stop-to-smell-the-roses/feed 1 http://www.mindfulpurpose.com/blog-home/facing-samsara-making-a-difference http://www.mindfulpurpose.com/blog-home/facing-samsara-making-a-difference#comments Wed, 27 Jan 2010 22:08:04 +0000 sunada http://www.mindfulpurpose.com/?p=806 Climate change. The economic downturn. Terrorism. And now there’s Haiti. A client and I were conversing recently about the mess our world is in. She was feeling overwhelmed. How do we, as individuals, respond in the face of such huge problems? I won’t be so presumptuous as to claim to know the answers. But I thought you might be interested in hearing what she and I discussed. ]]> http://www.mindfulpurpose.com/blog-home/facing-samsara-making-a-difference/feed 0 http://www.mindfulpurpose.com/blog-home/the-invisible-man http://www.mindfulpurpose.com/blog-home/the-invisible-man#comments Sat, 16 Jan 2010 19:25:45 +0000 sunada http://www.mindfulpurpose.com/?p=789 Continuing my tradition of things just for your amusement: here's an amazing set of pictures from an artist in China. There's no trick photography here. He just paints himself and blends right in. They just get better and better as you go down the list, so keep scrolling! ]]> http://www.mindfulpurpose.com/blog-home/the-invisible-man/feed 0 http://www.mindfulpurpose.com/blog-home/everyday-mindfulness/29-gifts-by-cami-walker http://www.mindfulpurpose.com/blog-home/everyday-mindfulness/29-gifts-by-cami-walker#comments Mon, 28 Dec 2009 17:01:38 +0000 sunada http://www.mindfulpurpose.com/?p=777 Sunada reviews 29 Gifts, the remarkable true story of how one woman rose above her debilitating illness — and started a worldwide movement that has inspired thousands to work toward reviving the spirit of giving in the world.
Cami Walker seemed to have everything going for her when a diagnosis of multiple sclerosis ]]> http://www.mindfulpurpose.com/blog-home/everyday-mindfulness/29-gifts-by-cami-walker/feed 0 http://www.mindfulpurpose.com/blog-home/15-great-women-buddhist-bloggers http://www.mindfulpurpose.com/blog-home/15-great-women-buddhist-bloggers#comments Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:13:54 +0000 sunada http://www.mindfulpurpose.com/?p=757 I'm very honored to be included in Marguerite Manteau-Rao's (@minddeep on Twitter) list of 15 Great Women Buddhist Bloggers. May our collective efforts help spread more loving, feminine energy into the world!]]> http://www.mindfulpurpose.com/blog-home/15-great-women-buddhist-bloggers/feed 1 http://www.mindfulpurpose.com/blog-home/everyday-mindfulness/in-the-moment-in-the-sweep-of-time http://www.mindfulpurpose.com/blog-home/everyday-mindfulness/in-the-moment-in-the-sweep-of-time#comments Mon, 07 Dec 2009 16:41:00 +0000 sunada http://www.mindfulpurpose.com/?p=748 Sunada sometimes hears skepticism about the idea of being "in the moment." Does it really mean we should cut ourselves off from our past and future? Are we to drop all our cherished memories? Should we naively stop planning for our future? No, she’s quite certain this isn’t what the Buddha had in mind when he taught about mindfulness. So let’s take a closer look at what it might really mean.
]]> http://www.mindfulpurpose.com/blog-home/everyday-mindfulness/in-the-moment-in-the-sweep-of-time/feed 0 http://www.mindfulpurpose.com/blog-home/everyday-mindfulness/a-different-way-to-think-about-creative-genius http://www.mindfulpurpose.com/blog-home/everyday-mindfulness/a-different-way-to-think-about-creative-genius#comments Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:28:26 +0000 sunada http://www.mindfulpurpose.com/?p=741 This is a fun and funny video of Elizabeth Gilbert (author of Eat, Pray, Love) sharing her ideas on creativity. She says that that instead of the rare person "being" a genuis, all of us "have" a genius. And she shares how we might be in relationship with that part of ourselves. It's from www.TED.com -- a site that I highly recommend for many wonderfully thought-provoking and often moving talks.]]> http://www.mindfulpurpose.com/blog-home/everyday-mindfulness/a-different-way-to-think-about-creative-genius/feed 0 http://www.mindfulpurpose.com/blog-home/everyday-mindfulness/fear-is-my-ally http://www.mindfulpurpose.com/blog-home/everyday-mindfulness/fear-is-my-ally#comments Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:39:43 +0000 sunada http://www.mindfulpurpose.com/?p=738 Fearlessness isn’t the absence of fear, but the ability stay with one’s fear and use its energy wisely. In Sunada's monthly post on Wildmind's blog, she explains how welcoming our fears can point us toward our own place of freedom.
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