by Britta | Mar 30, 2018 | Emotions, Growth, Love, Meditation
At COR, the March theme has been Presence and Mindfulness. To recap: Presence is bringing awareness to the moment at hand, keenly attuned in “real time” to ourselves, especially our physical sensations, and to who and what is around us without being pulled into the...
by Shandra LaMotte | Mar 21, 2018 | Emotions, Gratitude, Growth, Love, Meditation
As Lee and Aaron have mentioned in the previous newsletters, mindfulness and presence are such an integral foundation for personal growth. They help us attune to what’s happening right now for us with non-judgemental awareness. Without presence or mindfulness, we just...
by Aaron Steinberg | Mar 14, 2018 | Gratitude, Growth, Love, Meditation
Once we understand, as Lee explained to us last week (if you missed Lee’s email last week, I highly recommend you go back and read it, as I will use his definitions as a basis for my inquiry), that presence and mindfulness are paramount to well-being, the next...
by Lee Eskey | Mar 8, 2018 | Gratitude, Growth, Love, Meditation
This month at COR we are focusing on the importance of Presence and Mindfulness. These two tools are simple and yet profoundly important. We often find ourselves worried, problem-solving (a.k.a playing ineffective “mental gymnastics”), spinning in regret and fear. And...
by Steven Kimmelman | Feb 21, 2018 | Emotions, Gratitude, Growth, Love, Personal Transformation Stories, Relationships, Uncategorized
It is an honor to have one of our facilitators, Steven Kimmelman, share his story with you about Compassion, Forgiveness and the Bully. Enjoy! “As I live each day, it’s hard to imagine compassion and forgiveness, and their opposites, not being present....
by Freida Neiman | Feb 14, 2018 | Family, Growth, Love, Personal Transformation Stories
It is February again! It’s the month of Love and here at COR, we will focus on the qualities of compassion and forgiveness, two very important facets of any real love. Since nobody and nothing is ever perfect in this world (have you ever noticed that?), both of...