You might be surprised to know it’s one thing and one thing alone: stress. It’s the worries, the fears, the self-judgments, the endless rehashing of the past and rehearsing for the future that’s eroding the quality of our happiness, and therefore our lives.
See, most people have never been taught how to more skillfully use their minds to create benefit for themselves and those around them. And left to it’s own devices, the mind tends to linger and loiter in unhelpful and unbeneficial places.
Some Golden Nuggets of MBSR Over my 18+ years of teaching this extraordinary program, certain teachings rise to the surface again and again….these are what I call some of the golden nuggets of MBSR. Here are just a few of them (scroll down to watch the video): Â Â Â Â Â Â Â –It will never bring your life into
When Meditation Fails Us A few days ago I realized that I’d fallen into a slump. No verve. Sadness for lives and livelihoods lost. A sense of hopelessness at the timeline for all of this lasting and the uncertainty of the future. I also felt a little guilty at the fact I’d just yelled at
When we need it the most, we tend to do it the least. That can be said about most aspects of self-care. When we’re feeling run down, we tend to reach for the junk food instead of real nourishment. When we’re over-fatigued, we tend to stay up watching netflix instead of committing to lights out
View Our Mindfulness Webinar (coupon code Rollercoaster 50% off) Fear We are all having fearful thoughts about what’s happening in our world right now. So much uncertainty. So much suffering. But then what most of us do is add to the weight of these fearful thoughts by becoming afraid of them. We’re afraid they’re going
Some Golden Nuggets of MBSR Over my 18+ years of teaching this extraordinary program, certain teachings rise to the surface again and again….these are what I call some of the golden nuggets of MBSR. Here are just a few of them (scroll down to watch the video): Â Â Â Â Â Â Â –It will never bring your life into
When Meditation Fails Us A few days ago I realized that I’d fallen into a slump. No verve. Sadness for lives and livelihoods lost. A sense of hopelessness at the timeline for all of this lasting and the uncertainty of the future. I also felt a little guilty at the fact I’d just yelled at
When we need it the most, we tend to do it the least. That can be said about most aspects of self-care. When we’re feeling run down, we tend to reach for the junk food instead of real nourishment. When we’re over-fatigued, we tend to stay up watching netflix instead of committing to lights out
