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Mindful walking as one daily act of self-care: Meditation54321

Mindful walking as one daily act of self-care: Meditation54321

Every day I go for a walk. I walk to feel the fresh air on my skin, to smell nature and to notice beautiful things around me. I also walk to pause. To pause, stop, refresh and renew. On my walk I’ve been noticing new things, and I’ve been sharing these on social media as a way to share my pause and pass it on to others.

Circle of niceness: mapping our values

Circle of niceness: mapping our values

'Circle of niceness' is a way of being. It is group of people, in this case those working in higher education, that have a shared understanding of the profession and who problem solve through supportive and mutually respectful ways.

Narelle LemonSeptember 3, 2019community, circleofniceness, kindness, compassion, selfcare, self-care, mindfulness, mindful practice, relationships, meaning, higher education, collaboration, care, postive emotions, purpose, supportive ideas Comment

Confused about mindfulness?

Confused about mindfulness?

As I read, learn, practice and explore more about mindfulness, I am appreciative of those who find the concept difficult or have questions or present with challenges. I’m an advocate for exploring these further.

mindfulnessNarelle LemonDecember 12, 2018mindful practice, mindfulness, curious, curiosity, challenges, blockers, research, finding out more, values, voice, opinion, personal developmentComment

Mindfulness helps us with the how of using our strengths

Mindfulness helps us with the how of using our strengths

When we are mindful we better use our strengths. Mindfulness offers the how for the practice of strengths . It reminds us of being intentional.

Learning from failure: Mindfully managing expectations of perfectionism

Learning from failure: Mindfully managing expectations of perfectionism

I’m a perfectionist. I have high standards for myself. And my expectations can get so out of hand.

mindfulnessNarelle LemonJanuary 16, 2018mindful thinking, mindful practice, mindful, perfection, perfectionist, perspective, personal challenge, failure, success, unhealth expectations, connect, aware, self-awareness, self-care, postive self-talkComment

scan, delete, file, allocate to a task or unsubscribe: 8 steps to approaching email habits mindfully

scan, delete, file, allocate to a task or unsubscribe: 8 steps to approaching email habits mindfully

Have you come back from end of year festive break email overload? Is your inbox overflowing? Hello, yes, that’s me as well.

writing is my coping: what creative endeavour energises you?

writing is my coping: what creative endeavour energises you?

I write as part of my mindful creative actions. It is a part of my productive coping strategy tool box.

mindful creativeNarelle LemonDecember 4, 2017cope, coping, stress, anxiety, mindfu creative, mindful, mindfulness, mindful moments, mindful practice, writing, learn, learning, calm, time, creative time, energy, self-awarenessComment

Self-care sunday: 13 tips for your practice

Self-care sunday: 13 tips for your practice

Self-care is anything you can do to help your physical, mental or emotional health. There are a variety of, and indeed combination of approaches and strategies you can carry out to help you with this.

No email before 11am

No email before 11am

This is a great concept. I really like it. And before, you panic and go into all the "what if” scenarios, let's remind ourselves that.

mindfulnessNarelle LemonJuly 10, 2017email, communication, mindful, mindful goals, mindfulness, mindful intentions, mindful practice, creativity, explore, creative time, time, focus, flow, try this, try, strategy

Mindful connection to the everyday

Mindful connection to the everyday

Mindfulness is not just about meditation. Although a wonderful practice, or strategy if you like

mindfulnessNarelle LemonJuly 3, 2017mindful, mindfulness, mindful practice, mindful intentions, mindful moments, strategy, everyday, try, reflect, notice, present, appreciation

How yoga reminds me of writing

How yoga reminds me of writing

As the year progresses and the end of the year comes closer (I heard someone talk about how many days to Christmas just the other day, yikes!)

creativityNarelle LemonJuly 1, 2017writing, write, creatives, create, creativity, yoga, strength, writing plan, present, time, mindful, mindfulness, mindful intentions, mindful practice

Mindful Building

Mindful Building

Everyone has a horror story it seems about building works and renovations to one’s home. My mindfulness is being challenged with the return of a builder to our home to complete work unfinished and that should have been addressed some time ago.

mindfulnessNarelle LemonJuly 1, 2017mindful, mindfulness, mindful thinking, mindful practice, gratitude, appreciation, personal challenge, breath, br, breathing, rennovations, present

Always connected

Always connected

We have now become accustomed to being always connected. Most of us have multiple devices, we have multiple social media accounts (sometimes multiple with the same platform for different audiences and purposes), and we have multiple email accounts.

Narelle LemonJune 30, 2017connection, connect, conversation, mindful, mindfulness, mindful thinking, mindful goals, mindful intentions, mindful practice, time, thinking, anxious, anxiety, communication, self care, strategy

3 tips to get you off to the right start for the week

3 tips to get you off to the right start for the week

As the a new week begins we often need a bit of a pep-me-up to make sure we get through the week as energised as we started.

mindfulnessNarelle LemonJune 30, 2017mindful, mindfulness, breathe, breath, breathing, start of the week, intentions, invest in self, mindful thinking, mindful practice, mindful intentions, mindful goals, inspired, self care, strategy

I'm not creative! Think again, any problem can be approached through creative thinking

I'm not creative! Think again, any problem can be approached through creative thinking

When we are mindful of creating opportunities in our daily life to be creative.

creativityNarelle LemonJune 30, 2017creatives, create, creativity, making, meaning making, thinking, mindful thinking, mindful practice, self care, present

There is no right or wrong of being creative: my top 8 tips

There is no right or wrong of being creative: my top 8 tips

I find it rather empowering when I have the realisation that there is no one way of doing something. That there is no right or wrong.

creativityNarelle LemonJune 30, 2017creativity, create, explore, exploration, creatives, no right or wrong, possibilties, choice, mindful, mindfulness, mindful intentions, mindful practice

Openness to feedback: top tips

Openness to feedback: top tips

No matter what we do we are learning. When we learn we open our self up to receiving feedback. Feedback is a powerful resource for improvement.

mindfulnessNarelle LemonJune 30, 2017Feedback, Growth, self care, invest in self, strategy, learning, mindful, mindful practice, mindful intentions, mindfulness

Feeling like a fraud: the secret sense of imposter syndrome and mindful thinking

Feeling like a fraud: the secret sense of imposter syndrome and mindful thinking

Who hasn't felt like they were out of place or not able to live up to others' expectations? Who finds them self asking "what if?"

mindfulnessNarelle LemonJune 30, 2017mindfulness, mindful, mindful intentions, mindful practice, expectations, imposter syndrome, learning, strategy, inspired, gratitude, grateful, honest, belonging, invest in self, self care, fraud, mindful thinking