4 d. ago In a culture obsessed with positive thinking, can letting go be a radical act? | Nadine Levy

Beyond self-help mantras like ‘Let them’, radical acceptance shows us the value in learning how to truly accept life just the way it isHave you ever been in the middle of difficult life circumstances to be told “let it go” or “don’t dwell on it” as if it were a simple choice?Such advice can have the effect of minimising our distress and abruptly changing the subject. Yet it is not the phrases themselves that are troubling – there is real substance to them – but the missed opportunity to grasp the true meaning of what Buddhist teacher Tara Brach calls “radical acceptance”.Dr Nadine Levy is a senior lecturer at the Nan Tien Institute. She coordinates its health and social wellbeing program and the graduate certificate in applied mindfulness Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Freddie Flintoff 'so proud' as refugee star of hit BBC show makes cricket debut

Stars of the 'Freddie Flintoff's Field of Dreams' TV show are making strides in cricket and one of the ex-England all-rounder's proteges, Adnan Miakhel, reached a big milestone

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8 d. ago Afghan refugee who starred in Freddie Flintoff show makes stunning county debut

Adnan Miakhel featured on Freddie Flintoff’s Field of Dreams back in 2022 and his now following his hero’s footsteps into cricket and made a notable debut for Lancashire over the weekend

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1 week ago Jeremy Clarkson gives exact reason Top Gear must return despite Freddie Flintoff horror

The nation's controversial TV presenter has weighed in on the absence of Top Gear, urging the BBC to bring it back and alleging that there's one big British problem that the show could help to fix

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1 week ago Jeremy Clarkson hits out at 'sad' BBC decision over Top Gear's future

Top Gear was put on ice in 2023 after Freddie Flintoff's 2022 accident, and former host Jeremy Clarkson is urging the BBC to finally listen to his opinion on getting it back on screen

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1 week ago Top Gear star Paddy McGuinness responds to Freddie Flintoff rift rumours

Cricket player says he has avoided his co-hosts as he finds it ‘triggering’

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1 week ago Paddy McGuinness' heartfelt text message to Freddie Flintoff who couldn't bear to face him

Freddie Flintoff and Paddy McGuinness’ friendship became strained after Freddie’s accident in 2022, with both struggling to reconnect in the aftermath

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1 week ago Freddie Flintoff's Top Gear crash injury exposed after 'fearing he had no face'

WARNING, GRAPHIC CONTENT: Freddie Flintoff suffered serious facial injuries in a horror crash on the set of Top Gear in December 2022 and new pictures detailing the wounds have been released

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1 week ago TODAY'S TV WITH SARA WALLIS: Freddie Flintoff shares harrowing injuries that left him unable to leave house for 6 months

Freddie Flintoff opens up about his life-changing Top Gear crash in his new Disney+ documentary Flintoff, while Beyond Paradise continues on BBC One with gueststar Caroline Quentin

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1 week ago Flintoff documentary leaves fans 'crying so much' over terrifying Top Gear crash

Fans were left intensely emotional during Disney+'s new documentary detailing Freddie Flintoff's near-fatal crash

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1 week ago Inside Freddie Flintoff and Paddy McGuinness's fraught friendship after crash changed everything

Paddy McGuinness and Freddie Flintoff were once inseparable on set of Top Gear, but following the cricketer's life-changing crash, their close friendship strained

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1 week ago Freddie Flintoff says cricket skills saved him as he gives second

Freddie Flintoff has given a second-by-second account of his horror Top Gear crash and explained how his cricketing career saved him.

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1 week ago Paddy McGuinness addresses reports of ‘rift’ with Freddie Flintoff after Top Gear horror crash

Cricket player says he has avoided his co-hosts as he finds it ‘triggering’

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1 week ago Freddie Flintoff recalls young son’s heartbreaking reaction after horror Top Gear crash

Freddie Flintoff has recalled his youngest son’s heartbreaking reaction to his injuries following his horror Top Gear crash.

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1 week ago Paddy McGuinness speaks out on Freddie Flintoff relationship after star's sad admission

Paddy McGuinness has opened up on his friendship with Freddie Flintoff and says he still messages his former Top Gear co-star, who he declares 'I love'

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1 week ago Freddie Flintoff reveals graphic injuries from Top Gear crash after ‘thinking face had been ripped off’

The former cricketer was seriously injured when the three-wheeled Morgan Super 3 he was driving overturned during filming at Dunsfold Aerodrome in Surrey

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1 week ago Paddy McGuinness breaks silence after it was revealed he is furious Freddie Flintoff got £9m payout following Top Gear crash that ended show

The cricket legend turned presenter had been driving a Morgan Super 3 three-wheeled sports car, which flipped and dragged him across the tarmac of Dunsfold Aerodrome in Surrey.

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2 w. ago Freddie Flintoff's documentary praised by Jack Whitehall as he shares health battle

Jack Whitehall shared his admiration for the former BBC Top Gear host in his new Disney+ documentary which dropped this Friday, April 25.

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2 w. ago Freddie Flintoff’s huge drop in earnings revealed after near

TV personality and former sports star Andrew 'Freddie' Flintoff has opened up on the devastating crash that almost took his life during filming for BBC series Top Gear

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2 w. ago Paddy McGuinness breaks silence after Freddie Flintoff said it was 'triggering' to see him following Top Gear crash amid rumours he is angry injured star got payout

The cricket legend turned presenter had been driving a Morgan Super 3 three-wheeled sports car, which flipped and dragged him across the tarmac of Dunsfold Aerodrome in Surrey.

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