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What's your motivation to meditate? Reflecting on what gets us started and what keeps us going when times get tough.
As I write this, I'm approaching the launch of my next Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) course. If you would like to...
Kate Ensor
Jan 94 min read


Getting unstuck - practical tools for refocussing your energy
I will admit I have been struggling to get down to writing, unsure what to say and struggling to re-find my va va voom in that hazy post...
Kate Ensor
Jan 65 min read


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,...
Kate Ensor
Oct 1, 20248 min read


Perseverance
How can mindful self-compassion help us keep going when we encounter life's inevitable setbacks and respond with perseverance?
Kate Ensor
Sep 3, 20245 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...
Kate Ensor
Mar 26, 20244 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...
Kate Ensor
Jan 8, 20244 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...
Kate Ensor
Nov 6, 20239 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...
Kate Ensor
Mar 20, 20236 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,...
Kate Ensor
Feb 13, 20234 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...
Kate Ensor
Sep 1, 20226 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...
Kate Ensor
Jan 13, 20225 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...
Kate Ensor
Feb 22, 20213 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...
Kate Ensor
Dec 22, 20205 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 🙏....
Kate Ensor
Apr 22, 20202 min read


Navigating life's twists and turns
There are many times in life’s journey that we face a fork in the road...
Kate Ensor
Apr 1, 20205 min read
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