Elaine Smookler has been a mindful practitioner for over 20 years and is on the faculty at The Centre for Mindfulness Studies in Toronto. She is a Registered Psychotherapist and teaches mindfulness to corporate clients through eMindful. She's also a comedic writer and performer and is the singing host of Mindful Martinis, a cabaret/mindfulness class mash up.
In this podcast, Patricia Rockman, director of education and clinical services for the Center for Mindfulness Studies in Toronto, and Mindful columnist Elaine Smookler, both cancer survivors, talk about how mindfulness factors into the cancer experience.
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This 5-minute mindfulness practice cultivates gratitude for life’s small delights as you move through the senses.
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Changes often hurt when they first emerge, but resisting them goes against the way the world works.
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You can have a drink and pay attention.
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Fuel your New Year’s resolutions with intention, not nagging. Here are 7 steps to investigate what drives you, so you can hold firm to fresh habits in 2018.
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The truth is: we don’t know much about what “will be.” Here are six mindfulness tips for going with the flow—rather than losing ourselves in the undertow.
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How to stay steady when it feels like the world is against you.
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Making a habit to be friendly—even toward people we don’t like—can render us happier and healthier.
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Spending time alone with ourselves may not be easy or even desirable. But it’s key to getting to know who we really are.
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Denial—even resistance—to getting older is a natural impulse. But what if we embraced our impermanence?
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