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Mindfulness Can Be About Accepting That You’re Struggling With Mindfulness

It’s late. We should already be in bed. But you’re working yet another long day. Doing your best to help. Like always. That’s always been… Read More »Mindfulness Can Be About Accepting That You’re Struggling With Mindfulness

It took me a while to climb aboard the mindfulness train. I viewed mindfulness with suspicion. It seemed like a flimsy buzzword, something that I… Read More »How Mindfulness Changed My Writing Life

Talking it over with many of my friends, it seems that we all have one thing in common: We all get a lot of messages… Read More »Hey Beautiful, How Are You Doing This Morning Anyway?: Turning Thirst Into Mindfulness Practice

I don’t panic. Even in a life-threatening situation. I don’t panic.

Not then.

No, it’s only after the immediate danger is over that I start to panic. It’s only after I’m safe that I fall apart.

I thought I was doing fine. I really did. Okay, yes, everything’s gone to hell. A lot of things are not okay right now in… Read More »“This Is Your Final Notice,” My Body Said.

Long ago and far away, I managed the training department of a psychological consulting firm. This pretty much meant I was always doing something related… Read More »Huh. Apparently Virtual Reality Can Help Folks Get Over Their Fear of Public Speaking.

Sigh. I’ve said this many times during the course of the Psyched series, but the important thing about science is that it doesn’t always tell… Read More »If You Want to Be Happy, Treat Your Weekends Like a Vacation

Like a lot of other people, I’ve been having a rough spring and summer. There’s the pandemic of course, making an inescapable impact across America.… Read More »I Wonder When I’ll Fully Trust Myself Again

“What you do,” he said, “is just lie there with your thoughts. Don’t judge them. Just let them happen. Let yourself feel everything you’re feeling.… Read More »Pain Never Gets Any Better Unless You Confront It & Even Then It Still Takes A Very Long Time

My partner watches a lot of instructional videos. And frankly, a lot of restoration videos. Car and tool restoration. PC restoration. It follows since he’s… Read More »What It Really Means to Make Peace With Your Imperfections