top of page
Search


3 Things Worth Saying Every Day
Three short, sweet, simple three-word mantras to say when life gets difficult. Who am I? Let it be. All is well.

Marlane Ainsworth
2 days ago3 min read


Is Fear Helpful?
Fear is a human habit. Its benefits are overrated. We’ve come to believe we need it to function, but we don’t. Just being fully aware is a better option.

Marlane Ainsworth
Nov 144 min read


The Road to Hell Isn't Paved With Good Intentions
Good intentions and paying attention are inextricably bound up in one another. You can’t have one without the other. An intention can’t be good unless it involves attention.

Marlane Ainsworth
Oct 312 min read


Where Can Wisdom Be Found?
Wisdom arises in the moment, in the space without thought, considering and embracing all things.

Marlane Ainsworth
Oct 174 min read


Live Without Your Story for a Day
Live without your story for a day. Forget you have a name. Feel lighter, more energized, more spacious, and more peaceful, than you do when you cling to the past or stare fearfully into a possible yet imaginary future.

Marlane Ainsworth
Oct 103 min read


Are We Evolving?
Evolution involves change and change is an inevitable part of life. When I make conscious choices, I’m contributing to the evolution of human consciousness.

Marlane Ainsworth
Aug 223 min read


Six Messages from a Wild Garden: Suffering
Suffering is a mental habit which eases or ceases when we accept – bear, hold up, carry, allow – what life has presented us with and begin to work with the aspects of the situation that are within our control.

Marlane Ainsworth
Jul 113 min read


Six Messages from a Wild Garden
There are all sorts of garden soils and all sorts of family soils. Families are all imperfect in their own way. Ask yourself, What sort of soil are you being right now?

Marlane Ainsworth
Jul 42 min read


What Does "Being Present" Feel Like?
Being present is a calm space paradoxically filled with energy. It’s suffused with a normally elusive sense of abiding peace and joy.

Marlane Ainsworth
May 13 min read


Flying By the Seat of My Pants
Flying by the seat of my pants means to instinctively respond to what is happening, to figure out what to do as things unfold.

Marlane Ainsworth
Apr 235 min read


Roadworks, Stoics and Me
Stoics say that what's in the way is the way, There's no such thing as an obstacle.

Marlane Ainsworth
Apr 113 min read


Find Gold In Every Moment
Find the gold – something precious, something illuminating, something with an eternal glow about it – in every moment, every situation.

Marlane Ainsworth
Apr 43 min read


A Simple Recipe to Calm Your Mind
Breathing deeply brings awareness to your body, to this moment. Doing this calms your mind. Try it!

Marlane Ainsworth
Mar 283 min read


Today Is Extraordinary
The ordinary becomes extraordinary when you pay attention. There are no ordinary flowers, a boring cloud, or an uninteresting right hand.

Marlane Ainsworth
Feb 212 min read


You Are a Miracle
The most beautiful emotion we can experience is the mystical. (Einstein). Miracles are everywhere in everyday life.

Marlane Ainsworth
Feb 142 min read


You Can't Run Out of Patience
Patience is presence. You can't run out of patience. Impatience is a form of madness.

Marlane Ainsworth
Feb 64 min read


A Garden Seat Is a Necessity
A garden seat is a necessity. Have at least one in your garden. Choose simple and cheap ones.

Marlane Ainsworth
Jan 172 min read


What Will the New Year Bring You and Me?
Being out of our comfort zone helps us grow in qualities like thankfulness, compassion, forgiveness, resourcefulness and patience.

Marlane Ainsworth
Dec 27, 20243 min read


Do You Want a Bit of Peace?
Peace is ineffable, ever-present, unquenchable, available to every one of us through conscious breathing, which leads to peace.

Marlane Ainsworth
Dec 21, 20243 min read


Change Is Inevitable
Change is inevitable. Acceptance keeps us in the flow of ever-changing life. It helps us work best with what is happening.

Marlane Ainsworth
Dec 13, 20243 min read
bottom of page