I’m loving this quote this Monday for several reasons. One of the great things about professional life in this day and age is that many of us will spend our careers reinventing ourselves many times over, if we want to. At the same time, however, we want our work to have meaning and impact, which […]
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This week, we talked about one of the many curveballs that mindfulness can throw you. Most of the time, we think about mindfulness as a strategy for taking things down a notch internally. It is that, but sometimes we may find that the clarity the practice can give us also serves as a catalyst for
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Let’s see if this sounds about right to you. Mindful people are centered and calm. Because they’re calm, they’re also pretty quiet. They don’t like to ruffle feathers, so they avoid conflict and never express challenging thoughts or ideas. Does that sound spot-on? If you’re nodding yes, don’t be alarmed, but…the answer is, not necessarily.
Hello! Sometimes we start the weekly off gently, and other other times we need a bit more of an emphatic launch. This quote from Rumi, whose writing was often more on the gentle side, is actually more the latter this Monday. No matter how bleary you may be feeling at this exact moment, it will pass.
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Hey there, Friday! Great to see you. It’s been a long week, and you’re a sight for sore eyes. This week on the blog, we took on the messier side of mindfulness, and talked about the “stuff” that sometimes bubbles up during a practice. You know, you’re all set to be totally relaxed but instead,
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Most of us find our way to mindfulness because we’re looking to relax. It’s renowned for stress management, and you don’t have to wait long to see results in that regard. Even a short moment or two of a mindfulness practice can reduce your heart rate, slow a racing mind and shift your body out
A little wisdom from the literary world to start your week, which I hope is already off to a promising start. It’s a pretty powerful sentiment, coming from someone who’s famous for creating characters with exceptional abilities. Turns out maybe those abilities are just a starting point, for all of us. Monday mornings are rarely
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You might start to notice a pattern in this weekend’s “no-fail” mindfulness challenge. In fact, you may even find a few of them. This week, we talked about the habits, routines, and “anchors” we bring with us into new chapters, and the (totally normal) tendency we have to seek and create comfort zones in the
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I’m guessing here, but chances are that you know yourself pretty well. Or, at least you think you do, to the extent that any of us can. You probably have a pretty clear idea of your preferences, tendencies, strengths, maybe even weaknesses, and how you typically engage with others in different situations. Now, we’ve talked
This quote really spoke to me this morning when thinking about all of you goal-oriented types out there, in some sense because I think you can read it more than one way. I mean, of course I love the present moment awareness aspect of it. Now is all you really know for sure, right? But
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