by Engracia Gill | Jul 18, 2024 | Curiosity, Mindfulness
Curiosity is as natural to us as learning to walk and talk are. Actually, curiosity propels the baby to standing up and toddle. Curiosity fosters discovery which fosters learning and fosters brain growth and psychological balance. In adulthood, we may lose the wonder...
by Engracia Gill | Jun 27, 2018 | Mindfulness, Well Being
In his lovely book, “A Mantis Carroll,” Laurens Van der Post, tells us about the intersection between the ancient and the modern. Surprisingly, the tale reveals that man’s distant ancestors, the Bushmen of the Kalahari, shared a search for meaning...
by Engracia Gill | Jun 4, 2018 | Couple, Family, Mindfulness, Well Being
The secret to a good partnership, any partnership, be it a marriage, an enduring lifelong friendship or a business partnership, is to capture the opportunity for greater understanding through the door of conflict. My thirty-year-old son told me the other day,...
by Engracia Gill | May 20, 2018 | Blog, Mindfulness, Well Being
Isn’t it amazing that you can meet a person, a perfect stranger, and very quickly feel a connection? When I saw my husband for the first time, 38 years ago, on the Orient Express, I was backpacking with my roommate from college. We were en route to Greece, and he was...
by Engracia Gill | Apr 15, 2017 | Blog, Mindfulness, Well Being
“Let me not beg for the stilling of pain, but for the heart to conquer it” Rabindranath Tagore The word courage contains in its root the French word ‘coeur’ (i.e. heart). In its etymology, courage implies an ability to face negative circumstances with a heart full of...
by Engracia Gill | Mar 5, 2017 | Family, Mindfulness, Well Being
We admire dancers and acrobats as they perform feats of balance against gravity that require concentration and mastery. And the knowing between our own needs and the needs of others is a lifelong pursuit of psychological balance that we as humans’ endeavor to...
