Mary Martin PhD

Sleep is critical for optimal learning and if you want to make good sleep a habit you need sleep hygiene. Ditto for good decisions.

Curiosity and Mindfulness. Thinking "I've already done this before-I don't need to do this" is the kiss of death for a mindfulness practice.

We have the capacity to continuously reorganize ourselves--our identities and behaviors--and in fact we do it all the time.

Adaptability varies from person to person. Some people seem to be innately adaptable, while others need to cultivate adaptability.

Sleep hygiene, if you haven't heard, is important. As it turns out, humans need sleep--more sleep than we think.

About a year ago, you may recall that many people were suddenly talking about uncertainty. There's a pandemic! Things are so uncertain now!

Do you know that the first foundation of mindfulness is mindfulness of the body? Weird, right? There's so much focus on, well, focus.

There's a lot going on in the world and the chaos of it all affects us differently. How it affects us depends on our inner resources.

If you have a habit you'd like to change or one you'd like to add to your days, I highly recommend jumping on that, like now.

Let's review 2020 from the perspective of a child in elementary school. If the child is lucky, there are two caregivers in the household ...

People talk a lot about priorities and how to set them, and I'd like to take a moment to demystify the idea of priorities.

There's something poetic about allowing December to be as bad as it can be. Eating too much, drinking too much, not exercising or meditating

In "Psychologists Express Growing Concern with Mindfulness Meditation," Peter Hess reminds us that the McMindfulness discussion is alive and

We are about a decade into an experiment, birthed by the Internet, that has gradually resulted in the erosion of our social fabric.

Let's face it, attempting to practice mindfulness these days, when you just might be walking around on the verge of slapping people.

Regardless of what kids actually know, they are aware that their lives have changed, and in ways that impact the things they care most about

Why if I told you that parents matter, but they don't make a difference, and ditto for education and life events.

've written elsewhere about stories, and a large chunk of my doctorate had story-as-meaning-making at its center.

I'm speaking at 12pm, Eastern, this Sunday (July 26) at the SEA Homeschoolers Online Conference. It's free! Learn about mindfulness with me!

Last night, my 10-year old daughter, out of the blue, uttered: The word "life" triggers me. I had no idea she knew what "triggers" means.