I have a sweet tooth, which is often hard to fight. It’s natural that we crave sweets – we are hardwired for that. At one…
So, I was doing a body scan meditation the other day by following a CD by Jon Kabat-Zinn, who is a renowned psychologist who has…
Now we’ve arrived at potentially the most powerful way to break out of a cycle of negative thoughts and feelings. It is through mindfulness, which…
So, changing our behavior is one way of improving our sense of well-being. I’m referring to this as a form of self-liberation because we do…
Our actions can have a huge affect on our emotional well-being. One of the benefits of focusing on changing our behavior is that it is…
Now, I’m on the same journey as everyone else, so I grow and learn just as you do. Thus, I expect my views to change…
As I said in my last post, it’s easy for thoughts that are just in our imagination to create strong, visceral responses. The exact type…
Our emotions are typically elicited by our thoughts. Situations, in a sense, are neither bad nor good…they just are. It is our thoughts about the…
It’s a given that when we practice something, we get better at it. Our brains are made to adapt to different stimuli. Mindfulness can be…
Like many others, I need to walk my dogs every day. They look forward to it much more than I do most of the time.…