Parenting Yourself to Heal from Painful Memories

We can use mindfulness to help overcome pain associated with memories of past traumas. Most of us believe that our memories are similar to films or videotapes of events we’ve experienced and that when we recall them, they play accurately in our heads and are always exactly the same. But research shows that this isn’t

29 Dec, 2014
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Modulating Fear

As I’ve mentioned, for years I had a fear of my anger because embedded in my programming was the belief that it was dangerous and, therefore, “bad,” and I shouldn’t allow myself to feel it. Unexpectedly, one of my experiences with painting gave me information that I was able to apply mindfully to help me

25 Dec, 2014
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Running toward Mindfulness

In hindsight, I now see that running was the first activity that put me in a state of mindfulness. I began to run when I was in my twenties. Everyone was doing it, and, having grown up as a chubby kid and still bearing the scars of feeling stigmatized by it, I thought running

22 Dec, 2014
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Mindful Meditation

Perhaps the most common mindfulness meditation is one that teaches you to do this by sitting in a comfortable position, on a chair or on the floor, with your back straight and your eyes closed, and focusing on your breath. In addition to this type of practice, Daniel Siegel, M.D., points out that yoga, qi

18 Dec, 2014
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Pause Your Machinery: Childhood Experiences

Stop and take a moment to “pause your machinery.” The concepts and techniques I present throughout my latest book, Your Mind Is What Your Brain Does for a Living, require mindfulness to learn and master, and this brief written exercise will give you the opportunity to rest, step outside the pattern of passive reading, and

15 Dec, 2014
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