A Drop of Loving Kindness

Holding Space for Others Through Getting to Know Thyself

Practicing mindfulness means being aware of the present moment. A part of this is knowing how you choose to respond to life’s ups and downs and how you intend to show up each moment of each day.

Breath isn’t going to pay the mortgage: 
Finding your centre during times of chaos

We sometimes feel like breathing just isn't enough - but "by keeping the focus on the chaos in life, we feel stuck and out of control. Yes circumstances happen beyond our control. Yes bad things happen to good people. Yes the s**t hits the fan.  BUT the only thing you can control is your reaction and choices when this does happen."

Holding Space

I’ve come to learn that one of my superpowers is holding space – for others and for myself.
But what is Holding Space? 

Garden Conversations

One summer evening when I was 17, I shared a small tidbit of a friend’s story in a quick without-thinking kind of way with the boyfriend I had at the time. My boyfriend shared the information and it turned out to be a huge betrayal to my friend, which resulted in drama and pain throughout that summer.  Of course that was not my intention, but my lack of integrity, at the time, was a huge lesson for me.  Ever since, I take the request “Please don’t say anything.” very seriously. 

The Lessons in Rejection

The questions to myself have been -
​How do I practice Loving Kindness for myself? What do I need?  What am I feeling?
I went along my days with patience. I went along my days with silence.
I went along my days with gratitude.I went along my days with taking one step at a time, one task at a time, one breath at a time.
 
And this is what came of it.....

4 Steps to Practice Self-love

Are you looking for that “something more?” If so, stop searching and look within! It starts with you!  
Completeness can only come when you have peeled away the layers with an open your heart to your “Self”. 

Motherhood:  
​Much More than Just Your Body Changes

Your priorities will change.  Your circle of close friends will change.   Your focus on life will change.  It is up to you whether the process of change is going to be positive or negative.
​Angela Catenaro 

​Angela Catenaro is a Mom, certified Yoga teacher, Reiki Energy Healer, Spiritual Life Coach, GoodWill Ambassador of CosmiKids Canada™, as well as a certified Resonant Learning Approach (RLA™) trainer. Angels’s passion is to share her learned life skills, yogic inspired philosophy and spiritual wisdom to help children and adult’s awaken to their inner beauty and shine their true essence. Angela is a founding member of the New Thought Educational Consortium, which consists of a group of individuals, internationally, that are collectively focusing on the empowerment of children through education.