Compassion fatigue: Is it a thing?

2 January 2024

Mindfulness teacher Annie Akasati McAuley shares her insights on the difference between empathy and compassion. She explores how empathy can be depleting, and how compassion is uplifting and has no downsides.

Compassion and optimism at the end of a challenging year

21 December 2023

In their end of year message, Robert Marx and Clara Strauss (Co-leads of the Sussex Mindfulness Centre) reflect on the challenges we face, the importance of kindness, the achievements we’ve made and some optimism for the year ahead.

Deadlines extended for teacher training

7 December 2023

I got everything I needed from the training and was equipped to take that back out into real life.” Alumni of Sussex Mindfulness Centre’s teacher training In these straitened times, …

Mindfulness for the festive season

6 December 2023

Richard Symon, Trainee Clinical Psychologist at Salomons Institute and former psychology graduate volunteer at Sussex Mindfulness Centre, shares some tips to enjoy the festive season with mindfulness. As we move …