Science says even a little bit of mindfulness can pack a positive punch. And you don’t need a long meditation practice to experience a decrease in physical pain and negativity. Merely a brief introduction to...
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Lisa Brookes Kift, MFT
Making a Mindfulness Practice Stick
I’ve been practicing mindfulness meditation off and on for over five years. The operative words here are “off and on.” Though I do generally live my life with far more attention and attunement to the...
Your Inner Kid: Fun Ways to Practice Playful Mindfulness this Summer
Most kids have it down when it comes to being in the moment. They live for the now and get fully absorbed in their activities. Without the burden of responsibilities they master the art of play, wonderment and mindful...
Combat Self-Blame with Self-Forgiveness
Dr. Elisha Goldstein, PhD, offers a self-forgiveness practice to help shift our old stories and habit of self-blame. He suggests that if we adopt a “learning mindset,” growth can occur from the inevitable...
Elisha Goldstein, PhD
Mindfulness: A Powerhouse of Benefits for Emotional and Relationship Health
Lately, many have been talking about the power of mindfulness practices. It’s more than a tool to focus attention and reduce stress, as helpful as those outcomes are. Mindfulness – defined as presence...
Linda Graham, MFT
Ways to Stay Relaxed Throughout Your Day
If you’re like many, your life is go-go-go. You do your best to balance family, friends, social life, work and other obligations. The expectations that you and others place on you are always there. Making it...
Your One Precious Life
I recently heard a poem that stopped me in my tracks with it’s visceral beauty and lesson in the power of mindfulness, or living in the moment. We all can learn to pay better attention as not to miss the magical...
How are You? Really.
I’m not talking about the kind of “how are you” many of us ask acquaintances that often gets the “fine” response. Whether it’s true or not, many of us have gotten used to relying on...
5 Ways to Stay Cool in the Face of Another’s Emotional Reactivity
I had an experience that tested my patience and challenged me to remain calm in the face of aggressive, critical words. My initial instinct was to fight back, defend and point out the ways in which this person had...
Your Emotional Leftovers – and How to Clear Out the Fridge by Re-wiring Your Brain
Neuropsychologist and writer, Marsha Lucas, PhD believes that emotional leftovers are similar to leftovers in your fridge. They’re kind of messy – and much of the time they get old and you might...
Marsha Lucas, PhD