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TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURIES: How mindfulness and meditation can support healing

Mia Barnes·August 1, 2022
A traumatic brain injury (TBI) can impact all aspects of your life, causing you to feel overwhelmed and frustrated about...
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BIPOLAR DISORDER SYMPTOMS: Can mindfulness practices help?

Mia Barnes·July 24, 2022
Mindfulness is so much more than a modern trend. It originates in antiquity and plays a principal role in many...
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FORM NEW HABITS: 4 mindfulness tips to help you turn over a new leaf

Mia Barnes·July 17, 2022
Mindfulness encompasses much more than meditating on a Yoga mat. While you may begin your practice that way, you’ll soon...
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MINDFULNESS FOR DIABETES: Tune into your body and calm the biochemical storm

Mia Barnes·June 26, 2022
Your mind and body are more intricately linked than science once suspected. Treatments that were once considered “New Age hocus...
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SELF-EFFICACY: How to use it to improve your outlook on life

Mia Barnes·June 19, 2022
What is self-efficacy? According to psychologist Albert Bandura, it’s a deep core belief you can use to influence the events...
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MINDFULNESS FOR SENIORS: 8 ways mindfulness practices can benefit older adults

Mia Barnes·June 13, 2022
Regardless of your age, it’s always a good time to learn something new. Fun hobbies or academic classes can introduce...
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MINDFULNESS FOR CHILDREN: 6 ways to teach your kids to be mindful

Mia Barnes·June 6, 2022
Mindfulness is a fabulous psychological and spiritual tool that will allow you to wring more life from the human experience,...
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MINDFUL MEDITATION: How it can reduce stress and keep the heart healthy

Mia Barnes·May 30, 2022
People’s brains and bodies rarely tell them to take some time to sit still and let their thoughts flood over...
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MINDFULNESS AND AUTISM: 4 ways mindfulness and meditation can help autistic individuals

Mia Barnes·May 24, 2022
Autism is a developmental disorder that affects the nervous system. Children on the autism spectrum may have difficulty communicating with...
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5 MINDFUL MENTAL HEALTH TIPS: For supporting someone with addiction

Mia Barnes·May 17, 2022
Loving someone with an addiction isn’t a task for the faint of heart. You need almost superhuman powers to differentiate...
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JOB SEARCHING: 8 mental health and mindfulness tips to follow

Mia Barnes·May 10, 2022
Looking for a job these days can be stressful. Finding work isn’t necessarily the tough part—locating a position that pays...
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MINDFUL GARDENING: 5 ways gardening can be an exercise in mindfulness

Mia Barnes·April 27, 2022
Spring has returned, reminding everyone of the life cycle and their role in the universal festival of change and growth....
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A MORE MINDFUL APPROACH TO DIVERSITY: We must focus on unity, not division

Forrest Rivers·April 22, 2022
Not long ago, when I was a professor, there was a lot of lip service paid to diversity. The last...
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6 TIPS FOR SERENITY: How to find peace when you’re not enjoying life

Mia Barnes·April 20, 2022
When you don’t like where you’re at in life, it’s only natural to search for something that gives you peace...
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BRAIN FOG: 5 ways to gain clarity via mindfulness and meditation

Mia Barnes·April 13, 2022
Brain fog can coincide with medical conditions like anxiety, fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome. It also strikes independently, often when...
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FINAL EXAM ANXIETY: 10 mindfulness tips for students

Mia Barnes·April 3, 2022
Final exams can cause a lot of anxiety. After all, during exams, a week of stress stands between you and...
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FRUITS AND VEGGIES: 5 ways mindfully consuming them will enhance your health

Mia Barnes·March 27, 2022
You may feel more virtuous when you eat a salad versus a large order of cheesy fries, but the perks...
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MINDFULNESS FOR ATHLETES: 4 ways mindfulness can help you in sports and life

Mia Barnes·March 15, 2022
Athletes spend so much time working on their bodies that their mental health can get brushed to the side. Poor...
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VIDEO GAME ADDICTION: 7 ways mindfulness and meditation can help you get over it

Mia Barnes·March 7, 2022
Video game addiction is a serious addiction. While it mainly affects younger people, anyone can experience it. The achievements in...
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WORKING FROM HOME: 7 ways to practice mindfulness while doing so

Mia Barnes·February 22, 2022
If you’re new to working from home, you might have various feelings flooding in throughout the day. One minute, you’re...
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SCRABBLE: A “path with no railings”

Max Reif·February 17, 2022
My wife Barbara and I began playing Scrabble together shortly after we moved into our home, almost 20 years ago...
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MUSIC FOR MINDFULNESS: How to tune in so you can tune out

Mia Barnes·January 24, 2022
The mindfulness movement makes a lot of sense to many in today’s chaotic world. Tuning in to the present moment...
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RETOOLING OUR SMARTPHONES: A strategy for healthy and mindful utilization

Marc Paquette·December 28, 2021
Writing this article, at the age of 28, I have a foot in two epochs that are split down the...
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HAVE A HAPPY, HEALTHY PREGNANCY: 5 mindfulness-based strategies for doing so

Mia Barnes·December 27, 2021
It’s OK if you haven’t felt utterly joyful during your pregnancy. Many factors can contribute to pregnancy stress, such as...
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