There’s a saying that goes something like this: The days are long but the years are short. When it comes...
Have you ever had to continually repeat yourself to an elderly person? These situations can not only be frustrating, but...
Life is all about being with “what is” Your present-moment experience is all there is. It’s all you have; it’s...
“I remember, when I was in my early twenties, a girlfriend saying she was on the fence about getting married.”...
The “mind problem” We’re so attached to thought that we believe in, “I think, therefore I am,” a statement originally...
A vacation from distractions I recently decided to spend the holidays away from my life. I packed my things and...
Mindful awareness has nothing to do with thinking Mindfulness is available to all. The experience of mindful awareness doesn’t have...
[su_panel background=”#d5c38b” color=”#000000″ border=”0px none #ffffff” shadow=”0px 0px 0px #ffffff”]In our weekly Psychological & Spiritual Therapy column, therapist Jack Surguy...
Mindfulness for everyone Last April, I spent an evening with Jon Kabat-Zinn, the biologist and mindfulness teacher who gave a...
So what is meditation, really? People always ask me, “What exactly is meditation?” It’s not rocket science. It’s not something...
[su_panel background=”#d5c38b” color=”#000000″ border=”0px none #ffffff” shadow=”0px 0px 0px #ffffff”]In our new weekly Psychological & Spiritual Therapy column, therapist Jack...
It’s a clear winter morning. As I look at the blue sky and the leafless branches quivering in the wind,...
Metacognition and the mind Metacognition is a term used by psychologists that refers to thinking about thinking: thinking about our...
Bach’s “Well-Tempered Clavier (24)” streams at 29 percent volume while I write this. My go-to writing music, Baroque, floats wave-like...
Many of us are well acquainted with our “Inner Critic.” It’s the voice that makes us second-guess our every step...
It’s all about noticing Mindfulness is noticing. When we “do” mindfulness, we’re trying to obtain something, to change something, to...
How often do we see things without actually taking in what is occurring in front of our eyes. Or, on...
Today, the vast majority of people on this planet have no concept of conscious awareness or mindfulness. Many of those...
The following has been excerpted from Looking at Mindfulness: Twenty-Five Paintings to Change the Way You Live, in which psychiatrist...
The mind thinks it’s always right The mind can’t help but think it’s always right. Every single one of our...
The Mindful Acceptance of Beliefs I think, therefore I am. But who am I? What am I? I am whatever...
We all know how cultivating a mindful way of life can radically transform the way we work and enjoy day-to-day...
The following has been excerpted from spiritual teacher Joseph Emet’s latest book, Finding the Blue Sky, in which he writes...
I was fortunate to be able to take some time off and travel across Southeast Asia. After three weeks of...
