Cliff Heegel Ph.D.

Cliff’s notes: I first heard this at a retreat led by Arnie Kotler and Therese Fitzgerald around 2000. Powerful, beautiful, emotional. Enjoy! Kindness Before you know what kindness really is you must lose things, feel the future dissolve in a moment like salt in a weakened broth. What you held in your hand, what you [...]

Mindfulness is essential for living the best life we can live. Mindfulness is the energy of being aware and awake to our present moment. It is the practice of deeply touching the moments of our everyday lives. To be mindful is to be awake, present and at one with those around you and with what [...]

This is important. Here’s why: Meditation as is described in this article is absolutely non-religious andf non-mystical. It is simply the act of consciously thinking certain kinds of thoughts for a few minutes a day. Think about it. Throughout your day the mind is constantly chattering and you are mostly unconscious of the process. The [...]