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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marymartinphd
- Apr 24, 2021
- 2 min
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.
marymartinphd
- Apr 18, 2021
- 1 min
Resilience With Me This Friday!
I'll be first up, once again, at the SEA Homeschoolers Online Conference, this time talking about resilience.
marymartinphd
- Apr 12, 2021
- 2 min
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.
marymartinphd
- Apr 3, 2021
- 3 min
One Practice for Cultivating Adaptability
Adaptability varies from person to person. Some people seem to be innately adaptable, while others need to cultivate adaptability.
marymartinphd
- Mar 26, 2021
- 2 min
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.
marymartinphd
- Mar 20, 2021
- 3 min
On Improving Sleep
Sleep hygiene, if you haven't heard, is important. As it turns out, humans need sleep--more sleep than we think.
marymartinphd
- Mar 8, 2021
- 4 min
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!
marymartinphd
- Mar 1, 2021
- 2 min
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.
marymartinphd
- Feb 15, 2021
- 2 min
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.
marymartinphd
- Jan 17, 2021
- 2 min
The Gift of the Pause
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.
marymartinphd
- Dec 31, 2020
- 3 min
Habit Change is Having a Moment
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.
marymartinphd
- Dec 18, 2020
- 3 min
MYTH: All Kids Are Innately Resilient
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 ...
marymartinphd
- Dec 7, 2020
- 3 min
Your Priority Right Now is Reading This
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.
marymartinphd
- Dec 5, 2020
- 2 min
On Making December Less Bad
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
marymartinphd
- Nov 17, 2020
- 3 min
Mindfulness Isn't About Stress Reduction
In "Psychologists Express Growing Concern with Mindfulness Meditation," Peter Hess reminds us that the McMindfulness discussion is alive and
marymartinphd
- Oct 15, 2020
- 4 min
On The Attention Economy and How It's Affecting Your Thoughts and Behavior
We are about a decade into an experiment, birthed by the Internet, that has gradually resulted in the erosion of our social fabric.
marymartinphd
- Sep 20, 2020
- 2 min
On Mindfulness, Justice, and Tracks for Kids
Let's face it, attempting to practice mindfulness these days, when you just might be walking around on the verge of slapping people.
marymartinphd
- Aug 30, 2020
- 4 min
On Kids and the Trauma That Has Been 2020
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
marymartinphd
- Aug 9, 2020
- 5 min
On DNA and Mindfulness
Why if I told you that parents matter, but they don't make a difference, and ditto for education and life events.
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