As you get back to your routine this morning, a gentle reminder that you can make things more or less challenging depending on how you view them. Yes, it’s Monday, and a post-holiday Monday for many, but you can do this. May you find many reasons to be optimistic this week.
Happy Thanksgiving week! Or maybe “Friendsgiving,” if you’re not traveling. No matter how you are celebrating this week, make an effort to be present and connected in the conversations you have, mindfully enjoy the feast you are fortunate to be sharing, and take some time to recharge yourself before the home stretch through Round 2 applications …
Enough with the fluorescent lights already. I know you have things to do, classes to rock and meetings to run, but for this weekend’s mindfulness challenge, it’s time to see yourself in the natural light. Let the Vitamin D absorb. Chilly in November where you are? Time to layer up. No sun to be found …
A breath of fresh air. There’s nothing like it for resetting yourself after a tough moment, or clearing your mind when you’re working something out. Sometimes we don’t even know we need it until we are exposed to a new idea, perspective, or person, and we’re invigorated with the possibility of a new direction. Whether …
Good morning! We’re starting this week off with a reminder that our peace comes from within. Cultivating our own internal sense of calm, perhaps using mindfulness as a set of tools for doing so, enables us to weather the storms around us, and maybe even empower others to do the same. May we all have a peaceful week.
There’s nothing like hindsight to make the dots of your life connect. It’s easy to look back and see how challenges and obstacles that you encountered eventually led you to growth, opportunity, and maybe even happiness. We say things like, “If I hadn’t been through that, I wouldn’t be where I am now,” and so …
Chances are, when you were a kid, someone raised you right and taught you to say “thank you” when someone did something nice for you. If you forgot, you got a little (or not so little) nudge from the grown-up side to do so. As adults, most of us are pretty good at remembering to …
Good morning! I hope it was a great weekend for you. A little reminder here to start your week in the right frame of mind. How we think about things shapes our experience with them. Hope your Monday is full of positive thoughts!
Excited it’s Friday? Me too! Got a whole weekend ahead of nothing but fun and relaxation? Me neither. Well, maybe you’re one of the lucky few who actually does, and if so, the rest of us will try not to be jealous. In all likelihood, you probably have a chock-full list of things you need to accomplish …
A few years ago, Stanford lecturer Kelly McGonigal gave a TED Talk about stress. It wasn’t the first, and it surely hasn’t been the last, but her message stood out. In her talk, McGonigal cited research that proposed that stress might actually be good for you. In a nutshell, the research showed that the degenerative effects …
