“If you WIN the morning, you WIN the day”, is a quote by Tim Ferris. The motivation, encouragement, empowerment and drive that oozes from it is and can be life changing! What an incredible uplifting attitude to start the day […]
“We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words on them ourselves. The book is called ‘Opportunity’ and its first chapter is New Year’s Day” (Edith Lovejoy Pierce) What a beautiful, empowering concept, that […]
“Without reflection, we go blindly on our way, creating more unintended consequences, and failing to achieve anything useful”. (Margaret J. Wheatley) This is one element that never would have crossed my mind until recent years. To reflect on myself, my […]
“Giving and receiving is the law of life. When we give with love and accept with deepest gratitude, our souls rejoice” (Debasish Mridha) What a beautiful concept, that ‘giving’ and ‘receiving’ can be seen as an art, as a natural […]
“Our life is shaped by our mind, for we become what we think” (Buddha) Growing up, I never really grasped the concept or power of ‘positive thinking’ and conditioning myself to have a ‘positive mindset’. So many times, as I […]
“Be the silent watcher of your thoughts and behaviour. You are beneath the thinker. You are the stillness beneath the mental noise. You are the love and joy beneath the pain”. (Eckhart Tolle) I absolutely love this quote and find […]
What are the thoughts that come to your mind as soon as you see, read or hear the word ‘vulnerability’? Weakness, fear, anxiety, shame, not good enough, harmful, broken, needs to be fixed, exposed, open? Growing research is in fact […]
“At the still point, where the calm is, in the eye of the storm, amidst the chaos of reality … There – I found myself” (Tulasi Menon) The beauty, strength and yet serenity in this quote is so powerful, inspiring […]
I am delighted to introduce my brand new Mindfulness for Pregnancy and Birth Preparation Online Programme! Available to purchase now @ https://leonamcdonnell.com/courses/mindfulness-for-pregnancy-and-birth-preparation-online-course/ Currently pregnant with my third baby and while recording this programme, I have thoroughly enjoyed designing, writing and […]
When you are experiencing fertility challenges, you can feel so isolated, so lonely, so stuck, so consumed by the lack of progression in your life, like you are drowning in your own pool of trauma, grief, hurt, upset and fear. […]
