Category Archives: mindfulness

Kids and mindfulness

Jonah Lehrer, one of my favorite neuroscience writers in in the popular press writes: Children who could better regulate their impulses and attention were four times less likely to have a criminal record, three times less likely to be addicted … Continue reading

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One molecule at a time

The concept of mindfulness is often referred to when initially helping clients with feeling overwhelmed – with work, family, emotions – to help them control and manage their thoughts and feelings. The concept taught during DBT skills groups often revolves … Continue reading

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Immersion and Mindfulness

I’m a big fan of games. I think a good game can be a nice distractor (a distress tolerance skill) when we need one, can be a nice reward if we’re struggling with motivation (an emotion regulation skill) and help … Continue reading

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Ψ Mind your emotion

One of the complaints I often hear with respect to blogs is that they feel a lot like opinion and very little like research and data[1]. A primary objective of this particular blog is to present to you data that … Continue reading

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Briefly: Non-attachment to thoughts

A quick nod to this post for discussion of non-attachment as a way to disentangle us from our “transgressions”.

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Mindfulness of Eating

The Buddha told monks to take meals silently, with no books or conversations to distract them, only an awareness of what their body needs to get through the day. When they felt full, they stopped eating, even if that meant … Continue reading

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Mmm. (Or: More on Music and Mindfulness)

Following up on my recent blog entry on music and mindfulness, I stumbled across an article on Science Blogs about how music affects our brains. I didn’t read the journal article this article summarizes article before I posted my entry … Continue reading

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Using music

Let me get this out of the way at the beginning of this post: I can’t sing. I can’t play any musical instruments. I have not one whit of musical ability in any of my cells. My 3 year-old son will say … Continue reading

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3 Easy Breathing Exercises

Mindfulness of breath. There are obvious benefits to using breath as your focus but it’s nice to have a variety to your breathing exercises. Dr. Anthony Weil has 3 easy breathing exercises that will improve as you practice them.

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Merlin Mann on Mindfulness

Merlin Mann is a guru of getting things done and Getting Things Done. Here is an article he wrote about the benefit of mindfulness to productivity.

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