Get off autopilot to enjoy a mindful life by JUNE THOMPSON

A reader sent me a note recently asking about being mindful: “You’ve mentioned it quite a bit,” she said, “and I wondered what it is, exactly, and how one goes about achieving it. Can you give some of us direction?”

A Simple Trick for a Happier Brain by ELISHA GOLDSTEIN, PH.D.

It’s no secret that there’s more stress now than there ever has been.

 

Words Are Like Living Organisms by Susan Smalley, Ph.D.

A few days ago, I went to meet a business consultant in NYC.

 

 

3 Tiny Habits to Enhance Your Mindfulness Practice by Marguerite Manteau-Rao

Invaluable tips!!

All the hype around mindfulness — being aware of the present moment, on purpose and without judgment, has gotten many people interested in giving it a try. 

 

Meditation: The Pearl in the Oyster by Ed & Deb Shapiro

An oyster may not like that irritating grain of sand in its shell, but it manages to transform it into a precious pearl. 

Stressed During Cancer Treatment? Try Meditating by DON VAUGHAN

You might think that a psychotherapist would be better equipped than the average person to deal with the emotional turmoil brought on by a cancer diagnosis. 

 

5 Ways to Make Meditation Less Mysterious by Meryl Davids Landau

A few weeks ago, I went to a concert of traditional Indian chanting music by the wonderful performer Krishna Das.

Take a leaf out of the book for mindful children

Once the doyenne of the big-screen comedy circuit, Goldie Hawn has turned her attention to the subject of inner peace.

Teaching children to be mindful by MARCELLA McCARTHY

Mindfulness, the Buddhist practice of meditation and focus, is being taught to children to enhance their concentration and counter their stress.

Attention, attunement, attachment, atonement for mindfulness by Joseph Cramer, M.D.,

I loved reading this!

Daniel Siegel in his book, “The Mindful Brain,” teaches the critical import of being aware.

Mindfulness is waking up from automatic to be alive and cognizant of the world and people around us. We arouse our senses to novelty and to ourselves. Mindfulness is recognizing these forces within us and mastering them. Atonement is in mindfulness.