Summer Joy!

I just CANNOT get enough of the summer! Sun. Flowers. Fresh food. Swimming. Birdsong. Open windows…

Choosing to look for the daily gifts of life might be challenging. But slowing, noticing and savouring these gifts is a change making practice.

Negativity bias dictates that we’re really great at noticing and fixating on challenges we face. And, we can choose to ease & complicate that bias by intentionally practicing noticing what is feeling pleasurable and joyful. We’re literally *changing our minds* when we notice our habitual patterns that deepen our experiences of suffering and instead make small & simple & different choices about how we think and act.

After all - what we pay attention to grows. When we fixate on our pain, it will grow. When we fixate on our pleasure, it will grow. This is a core teaching of neuroplastic change.

What are the daily gifts of life for you these days? From your morning cup of coffee to your dog walks to the smell of your neighbour’s flowers… what’s bringing you joy?!