Christmas can be stressful at the best of times, so at the worst of times, ie, during a global pandemic, emotions will be extra high. With that in mind, here are three mindfulness podcasts, to help you through the next few weeks. The Headspace app is a market leader of mindfulness, its British founder and former Buddhist monk, Andy Puddicombe, having mollified many a frazzled commuter across the world with his bite-sized guided meditations. It's a subscription-only service - that has longer sessions too - but Puddicombe also hosts a free-for-all Radio Headspace, offering five minutes of calm (and common sense) every weekday morning. Speaking of meditation: author, journalist, coach and all-round good egg, Conor Creighton is Ireland's own mind maestro, soothing one frayed nerve at a time.

Source: Irish Independent December 20, 2020 02:26 UTC