Author / Teacher

Elaine Smookler

Elaine Smookler is a Registered Psychotherapist (RP) and teacher and was a founding faculty member at the Centre for Mindfulness Studies in Toronto teaching clinical programs including MBCT and MBSR. She also taught Mindfulness throughout the University of Toronto's Faculty of Medicine, was a founding teacher for the Mindfulness Thinktank at Sick Kids hospital and a longtime faculty member at the University of Toronto's School of Continuing Studies where she taught her own program, “A Mindful Way through the Creative Process” and part of the certificate program, "Mindfulness Informed End-of-Life Care." Elaine has offered mindfulness training to every kind of participant including: parole Officers, the Catholic School Board, Summer Camp Owners, Hair Stylists, Children, Teens, Employee Assistance programs and a broad corporate audience. She is also a guide on the app "Dawn Personalized Cancer Stewardship Program." She has a focused psychotherapy practice offering clients support and precise tools to help them find the kindest, gentlest, most successful way forward to meet the difficulties, challenges and obstacles that life is constantly offering up. She also explores mindfulness themes as a key-note speaker, columnist, standup comedian, actor and singer. www.elainesmookler.com

Articles by Elaine Smookler

How to Ride the Waves of CHANGE
Mindfulness For

How to Ride the Waves of CHANGE

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. Read More

What to Do When Things Fall Apart
Magazine

What to Do When Things Fall Apart

How to stay steady when it feels like the world is against you. Read More

Make a Friend out of a Foe
Loving-Kindness & Compassion

Make a Friend out of a Foe

Making a habit to be friendly—even toward people we don’t like—can render us happier and healthier. Read More

The Power of Solitude
Magazine

The Power of Solitude

Spending time alone with ourselves may not be easy or even desirable. But it’s key to getting to know who we really are. Read More

Mindfulness: The Antidote to Anti-Aging
Magazine

Mindfulness: The Antidote to Anti-Aging

Denial—even resistance—to getting older is a natural impulse. But what if we embraced our impermanence? Read More

Anti-Aging? No Thanks
Magazine

Anti-Aging? No Thanks

Denial—even resistance—to getting older is a natural impulse. But what if we embraced our impermanence? Read More

Getting Beyond The Grudge
Mindfulness For

Getting Beyond The Grudge

We all know how to hold a grudge, but few of us know why we hang on to past hurts—or how to let them go. Read More

The Freedom of Letting Go
Mindfulness For

The Freedom of Letting Go

Sometimes the only thing keeping us in a bad relationship is our unwillingness to let it go. Read More

The Upside of Envy
Gratitude

The Upside of Envy

Depending upon how we use it, envy can either feed dissatisfaction or help us aspire to bring the goodness we desire into our own lives. Read More

Making This Hectic Season Bright
Magazine

Making This Hectic Season Bright

Mindfulness doesn't solve all my problems—far from it. Why do I bother? Read More

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