The Mindful Baker

There is a strange pressure that creeps in towards the end of the year. It arrives quietly at first, disguised as reflection, before turning into a low hum of urgency. Review the year. Extract the lessons. Optimise the failures. Set goals. Set better goals. Bigger ones. Cleaner ones. Goals that prove you have learned something. And if you do not do this quickly enough, or convincingly enough, it can start to feel like you are already behind. But before you rush into the new y

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Mindfulness for Beginners: A Step-by-Step Guide to Meditating and Finding Inner Peace

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In the 1980’s, Jon Kabat-Zinn, a prominent mental health doctor, became heavily involved in meditation. Inspired by the successful and...