What’s on deck for you this weekend? Any big plans? If you’re traveling, then this week’s previous post will hopefully help you stay mindful along the way. Travel can be stressful, but sometimes it’s just a matter of expectations and perspective. You can make inconveniences a lot worse than they really are just by deciding […]
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Summer and travel go together like peanut butter and jelly. Separately, they’re still great, but together, life just seems to make more sense. There are fabulous vacation destinations for any time of year, but there’s something about summer that makes the call of the open road and the friendly skies a little bit harder to
People say that darndest things, don’t they? I think that adage is actually about kids, but these days, it seems to apply as much to adults as preschoolers. There are a lot of big, important issues front and center in the world, and tensions are running high. Conversations easily turn into debates, and in the
Hey there, weekend! Just about, anyway. It’s Friday, it’s summer, and it’s time to exhale. If you like relaxing, you’ll love this weekend’s mindfulness challenge. This week was about those moments when life sidelines you. We all know we’re supposed to find time to take care of ourselves, to rest and recharge and be more
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Last week, we talked about “what not to do,” or in other words, how to actually use downtime (when you have it) to relax. We also talked about the challenge of sitting still, which many of us face on the regular if we try seated meditation. Fortunately, there is all kinds of mindful movement (yoga,
Last week, we talked about being (or not being) a “short-timer,” and checking out of a situation before it’s actually ended just because you know the end is near. The time does eventually come, though, for things to wrap up. If you’ve been mindfully patient and checked-in during your final few weeks in a job,
This week, we talked about using your mindfulness skillset to catch yourself checking out of the present moment when (you think) the future is really where you want to be. With summer being full of graduations, internships, travel, and other evidence that life’s experiences are fleeting, odds are good that there’s something on your short-term
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