Ayse Durmush
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Category: Spirit

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Spirit

The Ten Minute Meditation for a Loud Week

Ten minutes is the length nobody argues with and almost nobody protects. It is short enough that no honest person […]

Ayse Durmush · 6 min read
A ten minute meditation for a loud week, by Ayse Durmush
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Spirit

A Gratitude Practice That Survives a Bad Week

A gratitude practice has a reputation problem, and it has earned most of it. Listing three things you are thankful […]

Ayse Durmush · 6 min read
A gratitude practice that survives a bad week, by Ayse Durmush
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Spirit

Working With Integrity When Cutting Corners Would Be Easier

Nobody sets out to run a business dishonestly. What actually happens is smaller and slower: a deadline you know you […]

Ayse Durmush · 6 min read
Working with integrity when cutting corners is easier, by Ayse Durmush
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Spirit

What to Do When the Business Stops Feeling Like Yours

It rarely announces itself. You do not wake up one morning resenting the thing you built. It arrives as a […]

Ayse Durmush · 7 min read
founder-purpose-header
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Spirit

Making Decisions When You Cannot Hear Yourself Think

You already know the answer. That is usually the frustrating part. Somewhere underneath the spreadsheet and the second opinions and […]

Ayse Durmush · 8 min read
Business intuition, signal versus anxiety, by Ayse Durmush
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Spirit

Aligning Your Business With Your Values (Without Losing Your Edge)

Values-alignment is not about being nicer; it is about being coherent. How to find the values you actually run on, audit where the business contradicts them, and close…

Ayse Durmush · 10 min read
Aligning your business values, a compass settling true, by Ayse Durmush
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Mind

Level up your meditation practice

In this post: Level up your Meditation practice (TOP 5) 1. A warm comforting blanket 2. A comfortable cushion 3. […]

Ayse Durmush · 5 min read
Level up your Meditation practice (TOP 5)
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Business

How to Meditate for Success

Meditation has a branding problem among business owners. It sounds like something you do instead of working, which is exactly […]

Ayse Durmush · 8 min read
How to meditate for success by Ayse Durmush
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Personal Growth

The 9 Steps to Manifest Effortlessly

There's a lot of confusion about how to manifest. This post will guide you step by step through the process.

Ayse Durmush · 12 min read
The 9 Steps to Manifest Effortlessly
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Mind

How to transform fear into peace and calm

People often ask themselves how they can prevent them from experiencing negative emotions such as fear, nervousness and anger, but the truth is that we do not.

Ayse Durmush · 7 min read
How to transform fear into peace and calm
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Spirit

Can Spirituality be measured?

Can Spirituality Be Measured? A study conducted in 2013 examined the possibility of measuring spirituality by self-measurement. The study found […]

Ayse Durmush · 6 min read
Can Spirituality be measured
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Mind

How to Deepen Your Meditation Practice

Depth tends to come from consistency rather than from longer sessions. My guided meditations on Insight Timer are free if […]

Ayse Durmush · 4 min read
Meditate by the water
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Mind

Rumi – The Guest House listen at Insight Timer

Who doesn’t love a bit of Rumi! I remember the first time I heard one of his quotes and I […]

Ayse Durmush · 2 min read
Rumi poetry by Ayse Durmush
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Mind

Mindful March – Day 31 – Go nature spotting

Mindful March – it’s the last day So today we are focusing on the outside world again. And it’s all […]

Ayse Durmush · 1 min read
woman taking photo of mountain
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Body

Mindful March – Day 30 – Notice the joy in the simple things

We are nearly there! So our month of Mindfulness is nearly over with just two days to go.  Today it’s […]

Ayse Durmush · 1 min read
motorcycle parked on rural road
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Mind

Mindful March – Day 28 – Stop work earlier and use the time to be still

Welcome to Day 28 #MindfulMarch Just a few days to go! So today, the goal is to just take a […]

Ayse Durmush · 1 min read
photo of a man sitting under the tree
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