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On Brittany Spears and Peter Max
There is something painfully, sadly broken about this country when guardianship abuse is a reality.
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Oct 10, 20211 min read
On the Benefits of Curious Friendliness
In my mindfulness classes, I talk a lot about curious friendliness. What's with the friendliness, you ask?
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Sep 26, 20212 min read
On the Application of Mindfulness
In Introductions Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction and Mindfulness for Financial Advisors, I occasionally get asked: "How do I apply it?
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Sep 19, 20213 min read
Stop Looking for Why
I find the preoccupation with the question why perplexing. It might be an entry point to a conversation, but it’s not necessary.
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Sep 17, 20213 min read
Here's an Intro to Focused Attention
Here's a video of under 7 minutes that introduces the focused attention practice and includes a few minutes of guided practice.
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Sep 13, 20212 min read
On Beginner's Mind
Having a mindfulness practice means you're committed to doing the same thing each day, every day. When I put it that way, it sounds boring.
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Sep 10, 20213 min read
On the Radical Nature of Slowing Down
Somewhere between discovering the world while learning how to walk years ago and today, all of the luxurious learning was replaced by doing.
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Aug 23, 20213 min read
On Better Decision Making
You can improve your decision making by focusing on the process rather than the outcome, and mindfulness provides the insight necessary.
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Aug 11, 20213 min read
On Sleep and Decision Hygiene
Sleep is critical for optimal learning and if you want to make good sleep a habit you need sleep hygiene. Ditto for good decisions.
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Jun 23, 20214 min read
On Mindful Walking
Yesterday, I held a mini-retreat of 3.5 hours, for grads of my classes. It was something that seemed to be needed and was appreciated.
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Jun 14, 20213 min read
Pay-What-You-Can MBSR
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction is one practice that can dramatically alter the way you are able to meet what you consider adversity.
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May 24, 20212 min read
Summer Classes Are Open!
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.
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Apr 24, 20212 min read
Resilience With Me This Friday!
I'll be first up, once again, at the SEA Homeschoolers Online Conference, this time talking about resilience.
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Apr 18, 20211 min read
On Being an Open System
We have the capacity to continuously reorganize ourselves--our identities and behaviors--and in fact we do it all the time.
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Apr 12, 20212 min read
One Practice for Cultivating Adaptability
Adaptability varies from person to person. Some people seem to be innately adaptable, while others need to cultivate adaptability.
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Apr 3, 20213 min read
On Wise Speech
What do I do when my client/child/friend . . . starts crying, gets angry, shuts down . . . That's not the real question you need to answer.
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Mar 26, 20212 min read
On Improving Sleep
Sleep hygiene, if you haven't heard, is important. As it turns out, humans need sleep--more sleep than we think.
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Mar 20, 20213 min read
On Meeting Change, Ambiguity, and Uncertainty
About a year ago, you may recall that many people were suddenly talking about uncertainty. There's a pandemic! Things are so uncertain now!
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Mar 8, 20214 min read
The Foundation of Learning and Resilience
Avoidance is a decision to neither be with nor work with your current experience. This makes learning and resilience impossible.
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Mar 1, 20212 min read
On the Importance of the Body Scan
Do you know that the first foundation of mindfulness is mindfulness of the body? Weird, right? There's so much focus on, well, focus.
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Feb 15, 20212 min read
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