What is Mindfulness? Mindfulness is being conscious of what is taking place in your environment, your thought processes, feelings and sensations in your body, in the present moment, without judging yourself or the situation. Mindfulness is not part of any religion, it does not require special clothes or equipment. You do not have to clear […]
How to Calm a Busy Mind
You’re probably well aware that the mind is almost always busy with thoughts running rampant. As a result, it is easy to get lost in a constant state of thinking and perhaps even start to doubt yourself. A busy mind is a characteristic of a modern, fast way of life, and as such can represent […]
Change your mood
Our emotions always have something to tell us. Their message may be obscure or might be right there on the surface, but we need to keep in mind that emotions are like breezes. They arise, they build up into mighty winds, and then drop away. Moods are different in that they have some staying power. […]
Fear of success (and failure) results in lost opportunities
In my work, every person is not only a unique, irreplaceable creation, but presents to me a new chance to serve that person according to the practices, techniques, and philosophies I have faith in, that I believe in, and that are in agreement with my “gut”. Yet every time I meet a new client, a […]
How to be mindful
Being Mindful We’ve discussed mindful awareness a good deal. Today, let’s talk about being mindful on its own. At its heart, mindfulness is being observant of what we’re doing, feeling, touching, interacting with in the present moment. Now, I want to bring something to light we haven’t touched on yet. When you’re being mindful, you’re […]
Make mindfulness a Habit!
Just about everything bad for us in life can easily, sneakily become habitual. Routine. Automatic. I’m not sure why doing good things for ourselves is difficult to establish as habit, but it seems to be. In that vein, let’s discuss using mindfulness to reduce stress and anxiety. So far in our blogs, we’ve talked about […]
How to detach from the negativity in your head
What kind of voices do you hear? Not those kind of voices, but the voices that let you know whether or not you’re on the right track. Or do your voices insist you can’t succeed? Are they harsh, approving, or simply cautious? As I’ve blogged before, we develop internal critics at an early age, and […]
Why the past robs you of happiness today
No Time Like the Present The past, no matter how long gone, always comes back to life. The past, our own personal events and the events of our parents, our ancestors, everyone who came before us still remains somehow within each of us. Wonderful and horrible things happened there, but I put to you that […]