by Leigh Tremaine | Conscious Living, Personal Transformation, Spiritual Development
In Brief: Your True Self is the unconditioned centre of your awareness, distinct from the personality shaped by life’s experiences. By consciously integrating this centre through mindfulness, you can move away from reactive patterns and towards a path of conscious...
by Leigh Tremaine | Conscious Living, Mindfulness, Personal Transformation
Emotional intelligence measures how effectively you perceive, understand, evaluate, manage, express, and respond to your emotions and those of others. Think of emotional intelligence as emotional maturity. Emotional intelligence can be developed through greater...
by Leigh Tremaine | Conscious Living, Mindfulness, Personal Transformation
Cognitive dissonance, a concept introduced by Leon Festinger in 1957, describes the mental tension we experience when our beliefs, values, self-image, or behaviour do not align. This tension naturally pushes us to restore psychological coherence. When we have the...
by Leigh Tremaine | Conscious Living, Mindfulness, Personal Transformation
Critical thinking is essential for freedom of thought, sound reasoning, deeper awareness, and the development of wisdom. It empowers you to spot faulty thinking and discern truth from illusion, helping you recognise limiting beliefs and unconscious patterns that may...
by Leigh Tremaine | Conscious Living, Mindfulness, Peace
World peace is not just a dream. It begins with individual choices – and it starts within. Given the critical state of global affairs – wars, divisions, and rising reactivity – it is more important than ever to remember that peace begins with you and me – with all of...
by Leigh Tremaine | Conscious Living, Personal Transformation, Wellness
The benefits of compassion enrich all aspects of our lives. Compassion is the willingness to notice someone’s suffering and respond with kindness. It is something we can offer to ourselves as well as to others, and it is one of the qualities of an open and awakened...
