Posts in Inner Peace

Creating a Peaceful Home Environment - Featured Image

Creating a Peaceful Home Environment

Your surroundings have a huge impact on your inner state. I've been decluttering my home and creatin...

Finding Peace in Imperfection - Featured Image

Finding Peace in Imperfection

I used to be a perfectionist, and it was exhausting! I've learned to embrace imperfection – in my...

Forgiveness: The Path to Freedom - Featured Image

Forgiveness: The Path to Freedom

Holding onto resentment is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die. Forgiveness ...

The Power of Silence - Featured Image

The Power of Silence

I started incorporating 10 minutes of silence into my daily routine, and it's been incredibly transf...

Letting Go of Control - Featured Image

Letting Go of Control

I've been working on surrendering to the flow of life. It's *hard*! As a control freak, the idea of...

How Forest Bathing Healed My Burnout (Scientific Proof) - Featured Image

How Forest Bathing Healed My Burnout (Scientific Proof)

After collapsing at work, I spent 3 months practicing shinrin-yoku (Japanese forest therapy). Resear...

The Emergency Peace Protocol: 90 Seconds to Calm - Featured Image

The Emergency Peace Protocol: 90 Seconds to Calm

When my panic attacks began, my therapist taught this: 1) Name 5 colors you see 2) Press palms toget...

Why I Stopped Meditating (And Found Peace Differently) - Featured Image

Why I Stopped Meditating (And Found Peace Differently)

After 7 years of forcing myself to sit still, I admitted: traditional meditation isn't for me. My br...

The Buddhist Monk's Laundry Technique for Mindfulness - Featured Image

The Buddhist Monk's Laundry Technique for Mindfulness

At Plum Village monastery, I learned to wash clothes with full attention: feeling the water temperat...