Allow

Posted on March 22, 2025 by msw blog

Open up to and allow whatever is present to simply be. As if stepping back and observing with a fresh and spacious curiosity, gently be with the natural rhythmic quality and sensations of your whole body breathing, of simply being. As best you can, be with any thoughts or emotions that may arise with the same spacious and kind observing quality you gave to the breath. Noticing the inherently changing nature of your breath, your thoughts and emotions. Perhaps noticing the human tendency to over-identify with, to perpetuate, and/or to harshly judge our thoughts or emotions. Instead, gently practice recognizing them as transient and not solid. Remembering that by letting them be, we set them free.

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Redefine Success

Posted on March 21, 2025 by msw blog

Redefine Success: Integrate Wellbeing into key Performance Indicators and targets
Success isn’t just about financial outcomes or productivity; it’s also about creating an environment where people feel valued and fulfilled. By broadening your key Performance Indicators and targets to include metrics like employee engagement and well-being, you create a culture where joy is part of the definition of success. When employees know their wellbeing is prioritised, they are more likely to bring energy, creativity, and commitment to their work, which enhances both performance and the overall business results.

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10 minutes

Posted on March 21, 2025 by msw blog

When overthinking, say to yourself, I can only think about this for the next 10 minutes, and write the thought down on paper.  Then write, I trust this will work out, and the answer will come to me.  I am strong.  I face my fears. I can do this. It will work out, and for now I am giving this to the Universe to help find an answer.  I free myself from thinking about this.  I put a full stop to this.  I trust it will work out.  I am calm and peaceful; it will work out.

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Understanding Equanimity

Posted on March 21, 2025 by msw blog

Equanimity isn’t just staying calm when things go wrong. It’s a profound state of emotional balance that allows us to engage fully with life while maintaining our inner stability. Think of it as emotional literacy in its highest form – the ability to experience both joy and sorrow without being overwhelmed by either.

This isn’t about suppressing emotions or practicing detachment. Rather, it’s about developing emotional wisdom – the capacity to feel deeply while maintaining perspective. It’s the difference between being swept away by the emotional weather and learning to navigate through it skillfully.

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Fearing to Intrude

Posted on March 20, 2025 by msw blog

Recently, I learned through the newspaper that the son of our contractor died, apparently by suicide. We know the contractor only through work. He has done several big renos on our house over the past 15 years and a few small jobs. None of these are recent, but he would remember us, and we are quite likely to use his services again.

His son was the same age as ours, and I feel so bad for him and wonder whether we should send a condolence card. Or whether that would just be intrusive. Oscar Wilde’s fearing to intrude on a sorrow he could not lighten comes to mind.— Anonymous

Anonymous: How devastating. One way to weigh your decision: The pain of such a loss is staggering. The pain of not having that loss acknowledged by one’s village, especially a death by suicide, is terrible. The pain of receiving an unwanted card is trivial to the point of irrelevance.

In other words, send the card. It’s the least intrusive form of compassion. Keep the message simple and direct (helps avoid missteps): “We saw the news of your son, and are so sorry for your loss.”

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