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How To Know If You Work Too Much
If you were own boss, how many hours would you choose to work? My message today is simple: Stop working so hard. Treat yourself with the gentleness you reserve for a small child (you wouldn’t yell at a 3-year-old because they don’t know algebra, would you?) Take ample breaks. Leave your work at work. Tap…
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9 Tips For Child Meditation And Quiet Time
Do you remember lying in the grass as a child, watching the clouds move by and not having a care in the world? Only as adults, we often find ourselves longing back to those times where we could really be in the moment, not thinking about anything else but being in the here and now.…
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7 Steps To Shake Off Work Stress
Do you suffer from work stress? Take these steps to make today and the rest of the week even better. Work stress can be a drag. Especially when it continues day-in, day-out, right? We’re not alone in thinking so either. In a recent Gallup poll, 80% of those polled reported some form of workplace stress.…
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Meditation Covers Scientific American November 2014 Issue
Who would have thought that a science magazine would feature mindfulness, and in a positive light? Science American did just that! Great news for mindfulness as a whole, and for further bridging the now-not-so-big-gap between science and mindfulness. Huffington Post reports: In 2013, the New York Times declared that mindfulness was “having a moment” (pun…
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How To Relax Into The Rightness, Right Now
Let your guard down today, relax your defenses. Don’t fret, the peace abounds. After having a dull headache for a few days this past week, I had to admit that I was tense. I felt tightness in my shoulders and neck, and even my jaw one day. This, despite my daily meditation practice. Why the…
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Take These 3 Steps To Freedom
Freedom is a state of mind – where’s your head at? Not that long ago, my life was like a prison. Toxic relationships, road rage, no time for myself, plus the stress of working as a 911 operator all added up to “no fun!”. Tension headaches, acid indigestion, a short temper, and a generally bad…
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Tweet Yourself To Some Mindfulness
When you see someone tweeting about #mindfulness, does it seem a bit strange they’re not spending their time in being mindful instead? That’s exactly what Emma Reynolds at news.com.au was thinking, so she started to investigate. In an article published yesterday, she writes: I’M PRETTY cynical about new-age, hippy trends. Even now yoga is ubiquitous, I can’t…
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Working Too Hard? Try Something Else
Greetings, dear friend! Today, see if you can walk the middle way. In the midst of our busy lives, we have a tendency to overwork, play too little, and, as a result, get very serious about things! I’m sure you know the feeling. It’s been one of those weeks that feels like it might never…
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If There’s Fear, Roll With It
Today is a great day to check-in with your fear and see it for what it is. Tell-tale anxieties? Limiting beliefs? They’re no match for present moment awareness. You’ve decided to make a change, pursue a new endeavor, reinvent an aspect of your life. The vision for this new way of being inspires you. Maybe…
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How Can Nature Help You?
Have you gotten your dose of nature this week? The benefits of being outdoors are so many, but us city-dwellers tend to spend most of our time in the office, in the car, at home, rarely venturing off the beaten path and into the woods. In fact, a 2009 report from the Environmental Protection Agency…