Improve Communication with Emotional Awareness
“We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men; and among those fibers, as sympathetic threads, our actions run as causes, and they come back to us as effects.” – Herman Melville Emotions play a crucial role in effective communication with others. When you are mindfully in touch with…
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8 Step Recipe for Happiness
“My crown is called content, a crown that seldom kings enjoy.” – William Shakespeare Everyone wants to experience true happiness. People go about their personal quests for happiness in very different ways. Some people chase after happiness by attempting to acquire as many luxurious possessions as possible, hoping that one day they obtain the ultimate…
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Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction: Week Eight
“When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.” – Viktor Frankl In last week’s post, “Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction: Week Seven,” we explored the importance of taking care of yourself through becoming increasingly mindful of how each behavior impacts your physical, mental, and emotional health. Each action and…
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Gaining Control is as Easy as A-B-C-D-E
“The best years of your life are the ones in which you decide your problems are your own. You do not blame them on your mother, the ecology, or the president. You realize that you control your own destiny.” – Albert Ellis Sometimes life seems frightening, with anxiety looming around every corner. In many ways,…
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How to Practice Assertive Listening
“Let a fool hold his tongue and he will pass for a sage.” – Publilius Syrus Most people have heard about the importance of being assertive in social contexts. Generally, one of the first things that comes to mind when thinking about “being assertive” involves getting one’s own needs met in a respectful, yet proactive…
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Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction: Week Seven
“A wise man should consider that health is the greatest of human blessings, and learn how by his own thought to derive benefit from his illnesses.” – Hippocrates Last week, we explored the notion that thoughts aren’t facts, in “Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction: Week Six.” We often get so caught up in our own internal chatter…
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15 Benefits of Cultivating Mindfulness
“The most fundamental aggression to ourselves, the most fundamental harm we can do ourselves, is to remain ignorant by not having the courage and the respect to look at ourselves honestly and gently.” – Pema Chödrön It can be tough to be mindful in a society that is fast paced and intent on getting as much…
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Slow Down… Become Mindful
“Doing nothing is better than being busy doing nothing.” – Lao Tzu It is difficult to be mindful when your mind is racing a mile a minute, when your emotions feel chaotic, or when your heart is racing out of control. All of these experiences share a common element… they are all happening quickly. You…
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Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction: Week Six
“Misunderstandings and neglect occasion more mischief in the world than even malice and wickedness.” – Goethe In last week’s post, “Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction: Week Five,” we learned about the meaning and benefits of embracing acceptance. We often fight back against aspects of reality that we decide are painful or unwanted in some way. When we…
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The Subjective Side of Aging: Age Identity
“The years teach much which the days never knew.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson Many people have a subjective inner sense of being older or younger than their chronological age. This subjective side of aging is termed age identity… the age that someone feels like they are. What do you think makes the difference between a 30…
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