Pathways and Choices - Reflections on how we make decisions
Which way should I go? How do you make decisions? This is something I’ve been pondering for myself recently. I remember many years ago,...
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Kate Ensor
Sep 35 min read
Perseverance
How can mindful self-compassion help us keep going when we encounter life's inevitable setbacks and respond with perseverance?
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Kate Ensor
Mar 264 min read
Lessons in Mindfulness from my Animal Teachers
It seems like we have said goodbye to a lot of our animal companions in quick succession over recent years and, in the midst of our...
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Kate Ensor
Jan 84 min read
What's Your Word? Discover the Power of Your Own Word of the Year as a Guiding Compass
What’s in a Word? Around 10 years ago I was introduced to the practice of Word of the Year. Choosing a Word of the Year invites us to...
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Kate Ensor
Nov 6, 20239 min read
Saying Goodbye With Compassion
As we move into the last two months of 2023, I am reflecting on the year and the learning along the way. It feels like a recurring theme...
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Kate Ensor
Mar 20, 20236 min read
What MBCT means to me … and the difference it has made
First Impressions I attended my first Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) course in 2015. The event was organised by Passage...
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Kate Ensor
Feb 13, 20234 min read
The SUN of self-compassion
Shining the light of compassion on our most important relationship Contemplating a topic for my February blog, and, perhaps predictably,...
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Kate Ensor
Sep 1, 20226 min read
Responding to the September blues - with kindness and insight
At this time of year, I am regularly beset by a vague and nagging sense of melancholy. A sense of good things coming to an end and trials...
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Kate Ensor
Jan 13, 20225 min read
Why Mindfulness?
As I prepare to teach my first Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction - MBSR - course I am reflecting on what drew me to mindfulness in the...
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Kate Ensor
Feb 22, 20213 min read
Lessons from the Geese
It feels like it’s been a long winter this year! Thanks to restrictions and anxieties imposed by Covid, coupled with the recent bout of...
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Kate Ensor
Dec 22, 20205 min read
With Gratitude
It’s been an unusual and challenging year for the whole world but, amidst that, I will acknowledge, for me personally, there has been an...
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Kate Ensor
Apr 22, 20202 min read
The apple tree - a story of hope
Today is Earth Day 🌎. It is with gratitude and wonder that I acknowledge all the blessings and teaching the natural world offers 🙏....
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Kate Ensor
Apr 1, 20205 min read
Navigating life's twists and turns
There are many times in life’s journey that we face a fork in the road...
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