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A Sure Way To Let The Sunshine In
Anyone need a hug today? A couple of months ago, I got really sick. With the change in weather and the kids taking turns with a cold, I finally succumbed to it. I hadn’t been that sick in a long time. I was so sick my ex had to take the kids for a few…
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Meditation Quote 94: “So it goes.” – Kurt Vonnegut
Ever tried to explain mindfulness in 3 words? Give it a try… Hard, right? According to wikipedia, mindfulness can be define like this: Mindfulness is “the intentional, accepting and non-judgemental focus of one’s attention on the emotions, thoughts and sensations occurring in the present moment”, which can be trained by meditational practices derived from Buddhist…
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The Courage To Say What’s On Your Heart
Is there something that you’ve been hiding in your heart, bursting to come out but you’ve kept quiet about? A couple of months ago, I had a family reunion. As I watched the young ones play in the backyard, I was reminded how fast life passes by. Not too long ago, it was my siblings…
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The Neuroscience of Mindfulness & Anxiety
This post was originally published on Matthew Williams’ blog, and has been reposted here with his permission. “The human brain has 100 billion neurons, each neuron connected to 10 thousand other neurons. Sitting on your shoulders is the most complicated object in the known universe.” ~ Michio Kaku When we were young, our parents made us…
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Don’t Let Them Tell You Differently
Have you ever let others have a say in how happy you are? Sometimes we care too much about what They say or do. My daughter came home with some tough math homework this week She was so frustrated that she couldn’t figure it out. She thought that there was something wrong with her — that…
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Birds Singing Morning Meditation
What would you rather wake up to… Rush traffic noise, or beautiful bird song? People’s creativity and dedication to bringing us all sorts of great meditation music and nature sounds on YouTube continues to amaze me. Just yesterday I discovered that there are thousands (!!) of bird song videos on YouTube. Granted, most of them are not recorded…
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Lift Your Mood With This Simple Trick
Does it ever feel like everything is going your way? Like, even if you could plan things a certain way, you could never, ever in a million years, imagine a plan as perfect as the one unfolding before you? On days like these, it’s easy to give thanks. As I’m writing this, I’m in Houston,…
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Mindfulness Featured On 60 Minutes
60 Minutes recently did a 5 minute segment on mindfulness. Wanna see it? You’ll be able to see it, and read the full transcript, down below. But first, let’s take a moment to cherish the fact that mindfulness and meditation has become so mainstream that the 60 minutes correspondent, Anderson Cooper, admits that doing this…
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When Your Dreams Call, Answer The Phone!
Your dreams are still calling… waiting for you to answer. What are you doing? No, not right now at work, in front of your computer, or what project you’re putting your energy into, or what you’re having for lunch. I’m asking — what are you doing with your life? Sure, there are responsibilities, bills to…
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School Kids Transformed By The Power Of Meditation
Do you remember school being a quite place for inner peace? Me neither. But that is changing, at least for these school kids in San Fransisco. 8 years ago, in the heart of one of the city’s poorest and most violent neighborhoods, the school was spiraling out of control. Desperate, the district tried a pioneering…