Charmel Bowden’s Blog
Myths Around Creativity
What does it really mean to be creative? You'd be surprised how many misconceptions surround creativity. Keep in mind, this is mostly subjective. The creative process is different for everyone because we, as people, are different. These are based on assumptions people...
Bringing Mindfulness Into Schools
Mindfulness, the practice of calming the mind and body, is an essential life skill that everyone should know and understand. Learning mindfulness as a school-aged child can provide many benefits including the following: Less anxiety Today's children are overscheduled...
How Mindfulness Can Change Your Life
If you find yourself often consumed by the moment, then for sanity’s sake it is time to practice mindful thinking and habits. Initially, this may feel like it is impossible. However, with just a little practice, you can actually change your way of thinking. You will...
Great Mindfulness Apps
With meditation becoming increasingly popular among everyone from students to retirees these days, mindfulness is all the rage. When it comes to choosing a mindfulness app to operate from your smartphone, several attractive options exist for Android and iOS. Even...
How To Raise Empathetic Children
When people endure trying times, it can be difficult for them to empathize with others. Most adults that lack empathy aren’t necessarily bad people. Typically, they are not educated to understand others’ perspectives during their childhood. Developing compassion for...
5 Simple Ways To Find The Time To Meditate
Finding the time in your busy life to meditate may seem impossible; something always seems to come up to otherwise occupy that time. However, simply practicing a few minutes of meditation every day will improve both your personal and professional life exponentially....
How To Cope With Change
While going through major changes in a marriage, job, or relationship can often feel like an isolating experience, the truth is that change is a central facet of any person's life. And while experiences such as divorce, career turbulence, or the death of a loved one...
Why Mindfulness Matters: Some Great Reads
It’s so easy to get caught up in emails, screens, interruptions and other people’s “emergencies”. In what can feel like the day-to-day madness it may cross our mind that there’s got to be a better way…enter a mindfulness practice. Mindfulness means maintaining a...
Tips For Staying Cool Under Pressure
Most people easily agree they have a lot going on. Too much to do in too little time without enough time for eating, sleeping, and exercise. The basics of “MY Life” outside of work; not to mention, my family, bills, household chores and having a little fun. But we...
Meditation Misconceptions and How to Move Past Them
Meditation has been around for hundreds of years and is used for a variety of different reasons. While it may be an older practice, there are still a lot of misconceptions that people tend to have. Here are a few of the most common misconceptions that come with...