the Mindful Monday Newsletter. 11th November 2024.
Nicholas Hammond (he/him)
TED Speaker, Mindfulness Teacher, RSA Fellow, Chair of Trustees and budding Poet. Award-winning communications expert, with a passion for the areas of wellness & mindful health, travel & tourism.
from Mindfulness Matters. Today . An eclectic, hand-picked selection of stories from the past week. Hope one, or some, of these pieces allows the opportunity for connection and the chance to pause, feel and think.
?Are you interested in learning how mindfulness can assist with greater mental clarity, lower stress levels, greater resilience, improved concentration and communication skills, and emotional intelligence? Then get in touch on this channel or at [email protected] and +44 7920 257908.
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Powerful and prescient piece from McSweeney’s. Updates on the moral arc of the universe. The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice.”?— Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Thank you to, friend of MMT, Kalyana Bliss for sharing.
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From Maria Popova? in The Marginalian. A Lighthouse for Dark Times. Cultures and civilizations tend to overestimate the stability of their states, only to find themselves regularly discomposed by internal pressures and tensions too great for the system to hold…. We too are living now through such a world, caught again between two ages, confused and conflicted, suffocating and suffering. But we have a powerful instrument for self-understanding, for cutting through the confusion to draw from these civilizational phase transitions new and stronger structures of possibility: the creative spirit.
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Given the circumstances (and your perspective of course) subscribing to this newsletter may be helpful. Reasons To Be Cheerful.
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Lovely piece from Atmos.earth (climate and culture). The Tree of Life. There is a tree. It?grows across?metaphors and cosmologies, sciences and religions. In Nordic mythology it is called?Yggdrasil, the world tree whose roots reach into the underworld, trunk forms the?axis mundi?of the Earth, and branches extend into the heavens. In?biology, the tree of life is a conceptual model for mapping and understanding the evolution of all life. Whichever way you look at it, the tree connects us all. It is our past, our present, and our future.
?“Oh, the tree of life is growing Where the spirit never dies And the bright light of salvation shines In dark and empty skies” BOB DYLAN?
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What the Late Quincy Jones Taught Me About Creativity?(2-minute read) This week, amongst everything else that happened, the music world lost a legend. Ad veteran Sir John Hegarty talks about the time he met Mr. Jones on a flight. And in the Guardian, here’s a piece about Quincy Jones as?the hit-making legend who changed pop history.
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Love the work that Kate Ensor at Realise Mindfulness (friend of MMT) is doing in the mindfulness and inner development goals, space. You can read her newsletter, here.
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This is a very cool piece on mindful movie-making. The Time Travel Movie That Doesn't Move (six-minute video)
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And for a bit of fun, around something that's not so much fun, there is always the Onion News Network. The Onion's Magical Election Touchscreen Provides Unique Insights.
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?Hope you enjoy reading. Nick
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Well-being coach, mindfulness teacher and EFL Practitioner. I support people to realise flourishing & fulfilment
4 个月Thanks Nicholas Hammond (he/him) I always appreciate receiving your newsletter and the fresh perspectives offered that I would not have picked up on otherwise. This week I appreciated the thought provoking reflections on the tree of life. I also particularly honoured to receive a mention! Now definitely seems like a very timely moment to be passionate about the Inner Development Goals as a way to impact compassionate leadership and care for the wider world.