Author Archives: Ellis Edmunds

Healing Anxiety with MAGIC

Greetings fellow mindful travelers!  Do you believe in magic? I was recently thinking about the people I serve and the different practices I often guide people to cultivate in their life. I wrote them down and realized that there was … Continue reading

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How Self-Compassion Heals Anxiety

Warm greetings fellow mindful travelers!  Happy July!  This month I am going to speak to the power of self-compassion and how it can heal an anxious mind. Most anxiety can be seen as a persistent worry about something bad happening … Continue reading

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Can Spirituality Heal Anxiety?

Greetings fellow mindful travelers!  This month I want to talk about something a bit controversial – spirituality.  Spirituality is something that has been important to me, as it has been a big part of my healing with anxiety. Often people … Continue reading

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Setting Boundaries with Love

When we set a boundary in our life, be it with another person or with the way we live our lives, we are drawing a line in the sand and setting a limit. We are saying a “no” to something … Continue reading

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Mindfully Feeling like Sh*t (the story of the two arrows)

Sometimes, life hits us with an arrow and we feel like shit.  We lose our job, a relationship ends, we get sick, someone close to us passes away, someone insults us at work. Sooner or later, physical and emotional pain … Continue reading

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How Can I be Kind to Myself?

Greetings fellow mindful travelers, Happy March!  This month I want to shine some light on something that has been a personal struggle as well as person growth practice of mine for some time. Most of us develop an internal critical … Continue reading

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6 Ways to Love Mindfully

Greetings fellow mindful travelers, Happy February!  Love is in the air.  In celebration of Valentine’s this month, I want to talk about two of my favorite subjects, Love and Mindfulness. Specifically, I want to explore how mindfulness practice can help … Continue reading

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New Year’s Directions (not resolutions)

Greetings fellow mindful travelers, As we let go of 2017 and enter into 2018, it feels like a wonderful time to reflect on where we have gone and look to where we want to go. Let’s take some moments to … Continue reading

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Becoming a more loving person

Sometimes, when we turn on the television, look at social media, or talk with people in the world we are bombarded with strong negative emotions such as fear, anger, hopelessness, guilt, or shame. These emotions tend to make the headlines … Continue reading

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Why It Can be So Damn Hard to be Kind to Ourselves

At least once a week I see posts on the internet about the importance of being kind to yourself, loving yourself, or self-care. The message is great and an important one.  Taking care of ourselves is incredibly important.  The problem … Continue reading

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