Mindfulness & Stress Attaining a mindful perspective helps us to become better in-tune with the present. Mindfulness promotes an appreciation of the moment at hand, allowing us to make decisions and take action with a clarity that is not normally available to the...
Mindfulness – How to Do It Becoming mindful may seem like a complex task to the unfamiliar, but it’s actually quite simple. Mindfulness may be best understood as the process of learning to focus on the here and now. We spend much of our lives with a steady train...
Mindfulness – Be in Touch, Be Aware Many of us spend the majority of our lives rushing through tasks and looking to the past or future at every opportunity. This tendency often places us out of touch with the present as it unfolds around us. By failing to be...
Meditation & Learning to Pause People are often confused by the concept of meditation because it tends to be inextricably linked to the content being meditated upon. It’s important to understand that meditation is nothing more than a technique. It’s a tool that we...
Dealing With Negative Emotions Life is full of negative emotions. Sometimes they’re a natural and appropriate response to an experience that dissipates over time. Unfortunately, there are many cases where negative emotions are abnormally frequent, prolonged, and/or...
Dark Thoughts of the Mind We all know what it’s like to be depressed, but having a major depressive disorder (MDD) is a different beast altogether. Depression, in the clinical sense, is a deeply debilitating condition that features a number of serious symptoms....
