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Welcome to the home of my weekly insights newsletter. The articles will follow and support my online and in-person training themes and series. Some weeks, the insight article willl be a roundup of my social media educational microlearning posts, on other weeks an article on mindfulness, meditation or personal resilience.

A collection of 90 posts

The Language of the Mind
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The Language of the Mind

How we talk to ourselves and the language we use internally shapes our reality. I have run a short series on this over the week in the meditation course and this blog article is extracted from those classes.

· RobertMitchell

A cartoon teacher pointing at an empty blackboard.
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Unlearning

Much of meditation is not learning but unlearning. How we suppress our connection to the body, why that makes sitting still difficult, and why we always begin with the breath.

· RobertMitchell

Pure Awareness
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Pure Awareness

Insights on awareness for meditators: the three levels of awareness, the rock in the stream, the surfer at the break, and why awareness is standard human equipment.

· RobertMitchell

Learning to See Life Through a New Lens
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Learning to See Life Through a New Lens

How meditation shifts perspective: the evidence for equanimity, a sunk cost experiment, and the changes you only notice looking back.

· RobertMitchell

Walking with Nature, a Path to Presence
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Walking with Nature, a Path to Presence

Mindful Walking, Walking Meditation and Forest Bathing: A Practical Guide

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The Algorithms of the Mind
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The Algorithms of the Mind

Some snippets from a class I taught in the Deepening Course on Wednesday 10 June

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Sometimes We Ask the Wrong Questions
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Sometimes We Ask the Wrong Questions

Most people quit meditation because their mind is too busy. The real problem is something else.

· RobertMitchell

Two Meditation Frameworks That Actually Work in the Real World
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Two Meditation Frameworks That Actually Work in the Real World

About my two main meditation frameworks

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The Law of Reverse Effect
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The Law of Reverse Effect

How the mind ironically often gives us the opposite of what we want - from a class taught in May, 2026

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Mantra for an Unruly Mind
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Mantra for an Unruly Mind

An article from a talk I gave in a meditation class on Tuesday, 5 May 2026

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Relaxation, Focus and Calmness
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Relaxation, Focus and Calmness

This is from the transcript of the last class in a mini-series I taught on Relaxation, Focus, and Calmness in The Meditation Course.

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Physiological regulation
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Physiological regulation

Meditation is about the body as well as the mind and with practice we learn to regulate our physiological state.

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How to Redefine Yourself: Life Beyond Roles, Goals, and Expectations
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How to Redefine Yourself: Life Beyond Roles, Goals, and Expectations

Part of the Seeing Yourself Thought a New Lens series

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Learning to Unlearn
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Learning to Unlearn

How to retrain your mind and responses to work with you, not against you.

· RobertMitchell

What Is Mindfulness-Based Resilience?
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What Is Mindfulness-Based Resilience?

Inside the training that can help to transform your resilience

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Insights Into Resilience - Weekly Insight 22 March 2026
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Insights Into Resilience - Weekly Insight 22 March 2026

Meditation is the inexhaustible resource that builds a foundation for resilience.

· RobertMitchell

How to Build a Meditation Practice the Frictionless Way - Weekly Insight March 13, 2026
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How to Build a Meditation Practice the Frictionless Way - Weekly Insight March 13, 2026

Learn about the evidence-based and experience-backed framework that can help you to finally build a sustainable meditation practice.

· RobertMitchell

Weekly Insights for Sunday 8 March, 2026 - The Mind Palace
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Weekly Insights for Sunday 8 March, 2026 - The Mind Palace

An exploration of the three-dimensional nature of meditation.

· RobertMitchell

Weekly Insight - 1 March 2026: Finding the Path From Confusion to Clarity
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Weekly Insight - 1 March 2026: Finding the Path From Confusion to Clarity

The Weekly Insight Post is back with a short article on how to step out of the confusion of the modern mind.

· RobertMitchell

Weekly Insight - Finding Clarity of Mind Part 1 - Managing Mind Loops
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Weekly Insight - Finding Clarity of Mind Part 1 - Managing Mind Loops

This week's weekly insight post is for subscribers only - you can subscribe for free to read this post.

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Weekly Insight - Sun 8 Feb
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Weekly Insight - Sun 8 Feb

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Weekly Insight - Finding the Dial to the Volume Control of Your Mind
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Weekly Insight - Finding the Dial to the Volume Control of Your Mind

This week's insights article is based on the talk I gave at yesterday's meditation class.

· RobertMitchell

Weekly Insight: Coherent Action - The Frictionless Way in Practice
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Weekly Insight: Coherent Action - The Frictionless Way in Practice

Learn how to leverage those practices which you find easiest

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Weekly Insights and a Retrospective of the Last Decade - Sunday 25 January
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Weekly Insights and a Retrospective of the Last Decade - Sunday 25 January

Some recent social posts and images from my in-person meditation training over the last decade (actually 13 years now...)

· RobertMitchell

Weekly Insights Is Back Next Week: Your January Reset Plan Inside
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Weekly Insights Is Back Next Week: Your January Reset Plan Inside

No Weekly Insights this Sunday, but something for everyone in this week’s line-up.

· RobertMitchell

Weekly Insights on Resilience and The January Update - Sunday 11 January
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Weekly Insights on Resilience and The January Update - Sunday 11 January

This week's collection of meditation microlearning posts and an update on the training for January

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Weekly Insights - Sunday 4 January 2026
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Weekly Insights - Sunday 4 January 2026

This week's collection of meditation microlearning posts.

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Weekly Insights - 28 December - Loving Awareness
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Weekly Insights - 28 December - Loving Awareness

This week's collection of meditation microlearning posts.

· RobertMitchell

Weekly Insights - 20 December 2025
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Weekly Insights - 20 December 2025

This week's collection of meditation microlearning posts.

· RobertMitchell

Weekly Insights - 14 December 2025 - The Frictionless Way Post 2
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Weekly Insights - 14 December 2025 - The Frictionless Way Post 2

This week's collection of meditation microlearning posts.

· RobertMitchell