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  • Know when to Quit

    This will be my last post on the mindful coach blog. It’s been a wonderful experience to write one blog post a week for nearly a year – I never knew I had so much to say! I had two reasons for starting this blog. Firstly, I wanted to share some of what I’ve learned Read more

  • 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

  • This is my now, right now, mindfully witnessed. There are thoughts of what the content should be. About 75% of the field of awareness of trained on these thoughts., putting them into words and typing the words. There are sensations of fingers tapping keys. There is also peripheral awareness of sensations of a sore back 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