You know it's time for change. You've set everything up: a new diet or exercise plan, a proposed budget, a schedule of counseling appointments, a new program to discipline your children or spend quality time with your spouse. All your hope is riding on the new plan... How do you expect change to happen?
Distraction affects our lives in numerous ways, with consequences ranging from distasteful to disastrous. Often it masquerades as something we proudly venerate: multitasking. But every time we multitask, we pull brain activity away from our primary task of the moment.
Gratitude: A Simple Life Changer How has gratitude touched your life today, yesterday, or in the past week? If nothing comes to mind, don’t beat yourself up. It’s so easy to mindlessly ignore beauty and blessings all around us. After all, when was the last time we were grateful for a rainbow, changing leaves [...]
Often we live and breathe in one moment while we choke with anxiety and worry over some potential future moment. Today's tip invites us to use a normal activity to calm our anxious minds and recapture the present moment. The simple exercise helps many people to breathe away anxiety one moment at a time.
Many people affirm that daily mindful practices make a big difference in their lives: they feel less anxious, develop a growing sense of safety and security, and gain deeper personal insight from living more mindfully. Here's one you can start today.
What if we could give ourselves a mental tune-up on Labor Day (or any day)? Between heading to the pool or firing up the grill, what can we accomplish? Maybe we can think about something that will give more meaning and enjoyment to our holiday (and everyday) activities. […]
What might the woman in the cartoon be missing from life? She may be like a lot us - easily dismissing small moments that we take for granted.
While we may rock at personal hygiene and wardrobe attire, schedule manicures, pedicures, and a day at the spa, a quick observation suggests that many of us lack a daily awareness of where we are physically, emotionally, and mentally. If true, we ignore an important part of self-care.
Ever considered how a need to control can get in your way?
When we are not mindful of the present moment and our place in it, we can be mindlessly carried away by agendas we don't truly support.
