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21 Ways to Help Yourself Get Unstuck Today

November 30, 2020 - 07:00 AM By: Ilene Berns-Zare, PsyD, PCC i This simple habit can help you build focus and get unstuck. In these uncertain times, a lot of us are feeling stuck. There’s a simple habit that can help you feel less stuck, taking a simple mindfulness pause. Without pausing to embrace the present moment—the one we are experiencing right now—we are not as self-aware, interpersonally-aware, or effective as we can be. When we walk around without waking up to savor the moments of our lives, it’s as if we’ve switched off our internal cellular phone. There are lots of data coming in, but we don’t hear the messages. To get access to the......

How to Sleep with Restless Legs Syndrome

November 23, 2020 - 05:59 PM Learn how Restless Legs Syndrome can affect your sleep and what you can do about it By Andrea Pisani Babich Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS), also called Willis-Ekbom disease, is a neurological condition that causes an urge to move your legs. It typically comes on at night just as you are relaxing and beginning to fall asleep. Everyone gets restless sometimes, but if you have RLS, you likely deal with this pain and discomfort most nights, and it can have a significant impact on your sleep quality. Thankfully, there are ways to deal with RLS. Lifestyle changes, medications, and the treatment of associated conditions can all help lessen the effect of RLS and get you a......

How to Find Happiness in Your Life

November 23, 2020 - 07:00 AM By Arlin Cuncic Are you on a quest to find happiness? While happiness might feel elusive or out of your reach at times, that doesn't make it an impossible journey or goal to achieve. On the contrary, happiness could be waiting for you around the next corner if you just hang on. Or, it might be even simpler than that. Happiness might have been with you all along—you just may not have taken the time to realize it was much less complicated than you once believed. You probably know it's not about driving the newest car or having the latest gadget. But, what is it that really drives happiness? Let's consider four studies from around the world to answer that......

The Ultimate Guide - Mindful Meditation For Beginners

November 21, 2020 - 07:00 AM Mindfulness is the act of living in the moment and being aware of your surroundings and behavior while focusing on the now and the present. It is a philosophy as well as a way of life that encourages active engagement and concentration on the present, taking each moment with complete command and control of your thoughts and actions. The most basic aim of mindfulness is to bring positivity and accountability to our lives for a more immersive living experience and better control of our actions and circumstances. It is a means of making our lives healthier and more productive by actively working towards the state we want to achieve with complete dedication. We......

10 Meditation Spaces That Will Inspire You To Create Your Own

November 16, 2020 - 07:00 AM Written by Shelby Deering A home should always be a place of calm, soothing feelings, an oasis in the middle of a hectic world. You surround yourself with objects you love, colors that make you feel blissful and family photos that bring back happy memories. But what if you set aside a special corner or even a room of your home that was completely devoted to banishing stressful emotions? Meditation is a great way to do just that, through focusing, breathing and clearing your mind. Your meditation practice can be improved through comforting surroundings and thoughtful design details, which you can achieve in your own home without having to go to a studio. Here are......

Dealing With Imposter Syndrome: Making It Or Faking It?

November 11, 2020 - 07:00 AM By: Ricard Magnusson What are the signs and symptoms of imposter syndrome? How do we deal with unrealistic expectations and feelings of self-doubt? Learn what to look out for and how to break the cycle! In 2009 Taylor Swift entered the stage at the MTV Video Music Awards (VMA) to accept her award for Best Female Video. A few moments into her acceptance speech, Kanye West famously interrupted her, stating that the award should have gone to Beyoncé. A seemingly choked and confused Taylor Swift stopped her speech, as the crowd started booing Kanye. In the 2020 Taylor Swift Netflix documentary, Miss Americana, Swift describes the feeling that she did not belong on......

How to Become More Mindful in Your Everyday Life

November 09, 2020 - 07:00 AM By Elizabeth Scott, MS The practice of mindfulness—directing all of your attention and awareness to the present—can bring many benefits to your emotional and physical health, as well as to the relationships in your life. Among its many benefits, practicing everyday mindfulness can: Pull you out of the negative downward spiral that can be caused by too much daily stress, too many bad moods, or the habit of rumination. Help you make fewer errors when processing your experiences. Help you put stressful events into perspective and build resilience so you're less overwhelmed by them in the future. And while there are many......

Why Can’t I Sleep? 4 Tips for Better Rest

November 01, 2020 - 03:22 PM BY MICHELLE MALDONADO Getting back to sleep in the middle of the night is no small feat. In this short video, Michelle Maldonado offers four ways to help make going to bed—and staying asleep—easier. In the latest Mindful Live session, Michelle Maldonado discussed resilience for divided times, and how that translates to our sleep patterns, with Mindful’s editor-in-chief Heather Hurlock. While answering a question from the webinar audience about dealing with ruminative states of mind before bed, Maldonado offered these four tips for better sleep. 4 Ways to Sleep Through the Night 1. Clear Your Mind Before Bed Unattended thoughts can......

How to Audit Your Life by Asking the Right Questions

November 01, 2020 - 02:34 PM By Jason Snaddon “Don’t let your fear paralyze you. The scariest paths often lead to the most exciting places.” ~Lori Deschene I first learned about the concept of focus creating reality in 2004 when I was given William Whitecloud’s book The Magician’s Way. The first chapter is about the main character having a magic golf lesson. He learns that when people play golf, most of them think about how to hold the golf club, how to stand, and how to move the club. He calls this the “swing circle” and recounts how golfers often get caught there, rather than just focusing on where they want the ball to go. By shifting their focus, they could......

Music and Mindfulness For Stress Reduction

August 21, 2020 - 09:59 AM Mindfulness is an incredibly liberating practice; one that has exploded as a recent phenomenon in the western world. Interestingly, us moderns are the last people on the planet to uncover the wealth of treasures it has to offer. Music and mindfulness are indeed complementary practices. Music and sounds make a wonderful object of focus for the mind, with mindful listening proven to boost our overall wellbeing and reduce stress significantly. Whilst mindfulness is still finding its way into mainstream culture, music is universal and plays a prominent role in everyday life for most people. Humans are surrounded by music. It is undeniable that it affects people’s moods and emotions, as......

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21 Ways to Help Yourself Get Unstuck Today

How to Sleep with Restless Legs Syndrome

How to Find Happiness in Your Life

The Ultimate Guide - Mindful Meditation For Beginners

10 Meditation Spaces That Will Inspire You To Create Your Own

Dealing With Imposter Syndrome: Making It Or Faking It?

How to Become More Mindful in Your Everyday Life

Why Can’t I Sleep? 4 Tips for Better Rest

How to Audit Your Life by Asking the Right Questions

Music and Mindfulness For Stress Reduction

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