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gentle courage:
self-care for difficult times
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Gill Benveniste
Nov 7, 20203 min read
Flat as a...
Saturday 31st, just before our Halloween Zombie Run (I'll tell you about that one another day), the Government announced the second...
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Gill Benveniste
Oct 31, 20203 min read
Here again...
Well... we're here again... my beauties... my absolute beauties. We thought this time would be different. We thought we had done the...
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Gill Benveniste
Aug 11, 20172 min read
Mindfulness during flight
I'm scared of flying. There... I admit it (to you and finally to myself). I'm scared of flying and it's annoying. Really annoying! I...
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Gill Benveniste
Feb 14, 20172 min read
Bottled Brains??
I want you to imagine a dystopian world... Imagine a society that has a preoccupation with the physical body. Imagine, that when trading,...
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Gill Benveniste
Feb 9, 20171 min read
Anxiety as a House Guest
Sometimes we define ourselves by our emotion - we might call ourselves short-tempered, crazy or a stress-head. If you find yourself...
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Gill Benveniste
Jan 16, 20172 min read
Why ‘Gentle Courage’?
Recently a few people have asked me: “Why Gentle Courage?” trying to understand the (kind of) contradiction between the two words. In...
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Gill Benveniste
Jan 6, 20172 min read
Feeling small??
I hate to admit this but sometimes I would meet a person and would irrationally feel small. I would feel myself shrinking away. My...
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Gill Benveniste
Dec 11, 20161 min read
The awareness of self-doubt
"When you hear a voice within you say 'You cannot paint', then by all means paint, and then that voice will be silenced." (Vincent Van...
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Gill Benveniste
Dec 8, 20161 min read
Breath as anchor
When life is full of turbulent waves, use your breath as your anchor. Just shift your awareness to your tummy. Observe it rise with each...
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