Category: Mindfulness and Spirituality
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Emotional Maturity
In her book, How to Do the Work, Dr. Nicole LePera, says that “the fundamental aspect of emotional maturity is the ability to be aware of and regulate our emotions in order to allow others to express themselves. Or simply the ability to tolerate all of our emotions without losing control….” And yet, when these…
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Take a Mental Health Day
Another side of consciousness is the ability to recognize the negative patterns and thoughts that creep into our minds and look for their roots. Once you understand these things, you can stop the playback reel. When I was eighteen and nearly failed out of my first year at the University of Alabama, I was “forced”…
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Consciousness: The Search for Who You Are
Many people have periods in their lives where they turn inward and question who they are. This self-inquisition can originate in almost any set of circumstances and comes about not as a result of the circumstances themselves but as a result of the reaction of internal psychic forces to these circumstances. Other people explore this…
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Improve Your Physical State to Improve Your Mental State: Part I
What you do with your body has a direct impact on your mental state. This means that by adopting the right physical habits you can be happier, more confident, and more energetic. Studies show the link between physical activity and mental health and anyone who exercises can feel the beneficial effects on mental state. In…
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Your Roadmap to Self-Actualization
It’s been months since I’ve posted and I have missed sharing with you. Rest assured, I have not been idle. The past few months have been a time of introspection and intense self-work. I have read deeply and widely, deepened my meditation practice, journaled, and engaged in self-reflection. I have also been working on new…
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Four Ways to Add Meditation to Your Day
Meditation helps reduce stress, lower blood pressure, increase concentration, and raise satisfaction with life. Here are four ways to add it to your day: For further reading check out: Think Like a Monk by Jay Shetty Altered Traits: Science Reveals How Meditation Changes Your Mind, Brain, and Body by Dan Goleman and Richard Davidson The…
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In Praise of suffering
Knowledge by suffering entereth,and life is perfected by death. Elizabeth Barrett Browning, A Vision of Poets Often we recoil from suffering. We seek to eliminate it from our lives through elimination of risks, by taking opiates, and avoidance. While we should continually seek to eliminate suffering and its causes in this world, we cannot eliminate…
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Zen and the app culture
I enjoy listening to several podcasts, one of which is Tim Ferris’s. On Tim’s most recent podcast, he and Kevin Rose discuss several random topics. One of these topics is meditation. The discussion starts with Kevin discussing how he had been using a meditation app but has been considering getting back into Zen Buddhist meditation.…
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