Category Archives: Mindfulness

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Want Joy? Like Music? Here’s Your Answer

Try A Mindfulness Music Practice

Imagine this…the sun is just beginning to set in a sky painted with soft shades of orange, pink and dusty purple, the air holds the sweet smell of summer, the vibe is one of anticipated joy and excitement and nothing but smiling faces to be found. Does this sound like someplace you’d like to be for the evening? Me too. And I was!!

There’s nothing like hearing your favorite artist jam at an outdoor theater in the summertime – especially during that short sunny season of the Midwest. I don’t know about you, but I’m completely impatient waiting every year for outdoor music and can’t get enough!

But I’m not your average attendee – not surprisingly, my behavior is just a little different…

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I Dare You ~ How To Meditate Anytime Anywhere

Meditation Doesn't Have To Be Hard

I DARE YOU…take the leap into mindfulness. 

Earlier today I was reading a great article in Mindful magazine titled Out Of The Box by Michael Krass and Lever Rukhur (April 2016 edition). The gist of the article is that we can meditate anywhere.

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Unfortunately, I’ve come to understand that many of us have the impression, that the only way to practice mindfulness or meditation, is in a quiet room on a puffy pillow.

NOT SO!

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Stop Judging Me! How To Tame Your Dreadful Inner Critic

Once And For All

Have you had a day where that inner critic just won’t ease up? The one that says everything you’re doing is wrong . It tells you incessantly that whatever you are working on will never be up to snuff, and you know it. Or even better, how about the sky is absolutely, without a doubt, falling, and we are all going to die – TODAY.

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That’s the day that I’m having. For no real reason in particular. And of course, in the midst of all this, my anxiety is rising at lightning speed.

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Trouble Finding Your Inspiration?

Here Are Some Easy Ways To Find It

I know you’ve had days when inspiration is no where to be found. You’re totally on autopilot. Living life just to get it done for the day. Yep… life gets mundane sometimes. What’s worse, is when you find your boring patterns turning into habits. Habits that lack feeling, fun and most of all inspiration.

Easy Ways To Get Inspired

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But the good news is that inspiration isn’t actually as hard to find as you might think. A little thought shift here, a little activity change there and PRESTO – inspiration is back. Whew!!

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The Negativity…Please Just Stop

What To Do When You Can't Take It Anymore

How does negativity affect you? We all have an internal reaction when we hear someone complaining, gossiping or talking badly about someone else. It’s near impossible to change the behavior of others. But we do have the ability to control our own, and more importantly, what is going on in our mind.

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Having moments of negativity is normal, natural and expected. So don’t be too hard on your self there. But what can you do to minimize the negativity coming from your environment and from within yourself? The simplest way…give your brain a different focus.

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