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Realizing Connection
I heard someone say this week that they were feeling a bit disconnected from the world. Feeling like they had no one to go to, just drifting along, up in the air, and this was causing her to feel bad about things. Lost. Sometimes we feel this way. Sometimes we get lonely. And this is…
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Meditation Quote 74: “Feelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky. Conscious breathing is my anchor.” – Thich Nhat Hanh
One day you’re happy and the sky is the limit. Then something happens that throws you off, and you feel like whole world is falling apart. How do you cope with this? Feelings have a strange way of making our whole day different. One single thought, comment, event or atmosphere – and a new feeling is…
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When Your Thoughts Overwhelm
There are always going to be those times when rampant thinking prevents settling into the experience before us. What do we do then? Just keep breathing. The thoughts may even have us overlook our meditation practice, “There’s no way I can sit today, things are just too noisy.” Yet these are the moments that offer…
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A Mindful Vacation – Part 2
This is part 2 of 2-part series on Robert’s attempt at a mindful vacation. Part 1 was all about the planning and build-up to the vacation. You can read part 1 here. I am back! And I bring a mix of mindfulness, stress, and lessons learned – back with me. Let me tell you all about it.…
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The Boldness To Be Who You Are
There are moments in life when we are called. We are asked. We are told. We hear that little voice, and we are nudged (or shoved!) in the direction of our dreams. Just around the bend, we see a clearing. A new direction presents itself, and we must choose. When we choose the way of…
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Stressed Out? Research Reveals Near-Instant Stress Relief
Last month an interesting story was written by J. D. Heyes of The Epoch Times, detailing research done at Carnegie Mellon University which demonstrated how just 25 minutes of mindfulness meditation a day, for three consecutive days, can mitigate psychological stressors. The study was conducted on 66 healthy subjects, split into two groups. One group underwent mindfulness training…
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The Balance Within
Until we know better, our time is spent wrapped in the pursuit of more, better, different, new – a hunger fed by the people around us, what we see on TV, the promise of a brighter tomorrow. We grasp for this expectant fortune of tomorrow. We’re told it can save us. As we reach and…
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Letting Go With Julia Roberts
Ever seen the movie “Eat Pray Love”, or perhaps read the book? It’s about a woman, played by Julia Roberts, who ends up on a around-the-world journey after ending an unhappy marriage – wanting her life to go in a different direction. While it is a great movie to watch (or book to read) in full,…
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Permission Granted
How often do you trust yourself? Every once in a while? Always? Never? Do you find yourself second-guessing, wondering if you made the right decision? Do you make decisions with fingers crossed, hoping that when things shake out, you’ll still be ok? From a very young age, we are taught to look outside ourselves for…
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MISSING! The Search For My Lost Friend…
I have a friend that likes to cuddle me with a warm embrace while whispering calm and peace into my ears. A friend that is always there, yet sometimes hidden between my own mist of thoughts and the thick bush of stress. Who is this friend…? Silence! I befriended silence as a baby, and it has kept with…