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By Kulraj Singh “With confidence, you have won before you have started.” ~Marcus Garvey It’s not a great feeling. Whether it’s meeting new people, speaking in front of a crowd, or learning a new skill, that inner knowing that you just aren’t feeling strong enough to competently complete the task ahead festers inside you. I’ve had […]

By Kate White Sometimes the worst stress comes from the things that are all too terribly familiar. There are times that anxiety can make even daily tasks seem insurmountable, even though I’ve done them countless times before. I know it’s something I can do, it’s just that in that moment it’s implausible, nigh on impossible I could do it again. What

“Breathing in, I calm body and mind. Breathing out, I smile. Dwelling in the present momentI know this is the only moment.” – Thich Nhat Hanh I was reading a post about anxiety on another blog recently, and it made me think about this short breathing meditation exercise for anxiety. The reason I thought about the meditation

By Dr. Lara Fielding You know how it goes when you get triggered. Something happens, and before you know it, you are hooked! Pulled into an auto-pilot repertoire of thinking and behaving, which inevitably leads to a less than ideal outcome. These traps are extraordinarily difficult for us to catch in flight precisely because they

Carson Ellis NOVEMBER 21, 2015 THE NEW YORK TIMES  SUNDAY REVIEW Arthur C. Brooks TWENTY-FOUR years ago this month, my wife and I married in Barcelona, Spain. Two weeks after our wedding, flush with international idealism, I had the bright idea of sharing a bit of American culture with my Spanish in-laws by cooking a full Thanksgiving

By Karen Maezen Miller Parents are rightfully concerned about the capacity their children have to pay attention, express empathy, and cope with the stresses that infiltrate their lives. Should we then coerce our children onto meditation cushions? Impose artificial silence, stillness or philosophical indoctrination? Before you do that, take a closer look. Children are exemplars

Here are copious quotes by which we can live our lives and enjoy it to the fullest. It is not the words in the quote that we follow and that create a life changing epiphany; it is the meaning beyond and between the lines that inspires and motivates us to live the best life we

By Abbie Hausermann, MSW, LICSW, Ecotherapy / Nature Therapy Topic Expert Contributor It’s no secret more and more of us are becoming addicted to technology. As Richard Louv says in his book The Nature Principle: Reconnecting with Life in a Virtual Age, “What would our lives be like if our days and nights were as immersed in nature as they are

By Myla Stauber “Come, come, whoever you are. Wanderer, worshiper, lover of leaving. It doesn’t matter. Ours is not a caravan of despair. Come, even if you have broken your vows a thousand times. Come, yet again, come, come.” ~Rumi Our spiritual, meditative, or other self-care practices can easily be interrupted, back burnered, or seemingly