by Leigh Tremaine | Self-Development
Our identity is who we are. It is essential for us to know our true identity if we are to live authentically and follow our true life purpose. Our identity is often defined by how we and others see ourselves. The problem with defining identity in this way is that our...
by Leigh Tremaine | Self-Development, Spirituality, Wellness
Spiritual health is a key aspect of your overall wellbeing and safeguards against the pitfalls of materialistic, fragmented, illusory, and self-centred living. It involves tending to your spiritual needs and honouring your spiritual nature. Your spiritual health...
by Leigh Tremaine | Mindfulness, Miscellaneous
Mindfulness, the practice of paying deliberate attention in the present moment, teaches us a lot about why we have helped create a celebrity culture, and why we can become so absorbed in it. Why is this important? Because if we can be mindful of these patterns we can...
by Leigh Tremaine | Authentic Community, New Economics
A gift circle is easy to create. You can create one yourself. By doing so, you can build the kind of authentic values and relationships that will transform economics and build community. It is one of the many ingredients that I see for authentic living. It responds to...
by Leigh Tremaine | Authentic Community, Self-Development
We are all connected. When you still your mind and pass through the gaps between your thoughts, you are able to experience your true self within your centre. This true selfâthe pure being that you are beneath your makeshift ego selfâconnects you with all of life. It...
by Leigh Tremaine | Honouring the Earth
The ecology of the Earth is a finely woven web of life, held together by wholeness. It is the most physical representation of wholeness at work. Wholeness is essential to biological life, for it defines the relationships of mutual support that ensure that life on this...
by Leigh Tremaine | Self-Development
Loving yourself is essential for authentic living. The greatest act of self-love is to be your true self. Because we often confuse our identity with our narrow ego self, a myth has arisen that loving yourself is a bad thingâthat it is selfish, vain, self-obsessive,...
by Leigh Tremaine | Authentic Community, Miscellaneous
Rethinking social media is absolutely necessary for us all in our growth towards greater authenticity and self-realisation. Why rethink? Because social media networks, if not designed and used mindfully, can do two powerful things: they can connect us but also...
by Leigh Tremaine | Mindfulness, Relationships, Self-Development
The skill of mindful relating is essential for building genuine and authentic relationships and is a key aspect of self-development. In our relationships with othersâwhether they are romantic partners, family, friends, professional colleagues, community members, or...
by Leigh Tremaine | Meditation, Self-Development, Spirituality
Meditation has been used as a tool for self-realisation and self-development for thousands of years. In an earlier post, I listed meditation as one of the four ways of Finding Your True Self. Meditation is possibly the most powerful of the four ways. Given that a...
