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Mindfulness practices that really work

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  • The upside of my injury

    I tore my ACL and I can’t walk! I may need surgery! How is this a good thing?!? I don’t write much in here about what’s happening in my life. I prefer to write about ways that you,  dear reader,  can bring more presence into your life.  This week,  however,  I will get personal. Two Read more

  • In a post a few months back, I introduced the “Magic Mindfulness Question”. That question was “What’s happening?” I truly love that question for its power, its ability to focus the attention on what’s happening now, inside of us (our thoughts and feelings), around us, and by us, what we’re up to. Now, I would Read more

  • Simplifying mindfulness

    I have an issue with most of the widely accepted definitions of mindfulness. They never resonated with me. They kind of don’t make total sense. Here’s what Wikipedia provides as a definition: “Mindfulness is the cognitive skill, usually developed through meditation, of sustaining meta-attentive awareness towards the contents of one’s own mind in the present moment.” Seriously?! Good luck selling Read more