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By Nlampert, 2014 Keep Your Practice on the Path If you are a person who has regular, repeated destructive thoughts, thoughts of self-judgment, criticism, shame, or unworthiness, work with this training for a week or, even better, for a month. First, become more carefully aware of the content and rhythm of the voices inside. What […]

BY PEMA CHÖDRÖN Pema Chödrön on four ways to hold our minds steady and hearts open when facing difficult people or circumstances The most straightforward advice on awakening enlightened mind is this: practice not causing harm to anyone—yourself or others—and every day, do what you can to be helpful. If we take this instruction to heart

Photograph: Vladimir Serov/Blend Images/Corbis Psychologists and neuroscientists from Oxford University and University College London plan unprecedented trial of how mindfulness affects mental health. Seven thousand teenagers wrestling with the churning emotions of adolescence, exam stress and peer pressure are to take part in an unprecedented trial of the effect of mindfulness meditation on mental health.

Posted on June 29, 2015 By prideinmadness When we reach the point in our lives when we have given up things are usually pretty bad. I know for myself, I became impulsive, was engaging in risky behaviours and just stopped caring. When I found this list of questions today it got me thinking about my

By Jennifer Wolkin, Ph.D  I rrecently had the opportunity to see Disney Pixar’s latest animated feature, “Inside Out.” I didn’t need much prompting: it’s a movie about feelings, and I’m a psychologist. It did not disappoint. Here’s a quick synopsis of the film’s premise (spoiler alert): An 11-year-old girl named Riley moves cross-country with her family.

By Luara Tong “You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger.” ~Buddha Anger is merciless. It leaves you feeling torn up inside. Your head pounds. Your jaw locks. And your muscles scream. Every inch reels in pain with the electric shock that shoots through you. You can’t eat,

By Grace Malonai, PH.D, LPCC, PARENTING  Topic Expert Contributor ANXIETY is a surprisingly common problem in children. If your child has sensory processing issues or sensory hypersensitivity, you may have already witnessed how these can bring about or intensify anxiety. These sensory issues aren’t always limited to one type of sensory input. Hypersensitivity can be found in any

Powerful research-based approaches to stop racing thoughts and move forward. Anxious thoughts can overwhelm you, making it difficult to make decisions and take action to deal with whatever issue bothers you. Anxietycan also lead to overthinking, which makes you more anxious, which leads to moreoverthinking, and so on. How can you get out of this vicious cycle? Repressing

Life. Running here and there. Pre-occupied with this and that. Swept away by one thought or another. We barely have time enough to notice time passing, never mind the preposterous proposition, dare I say, to notice not just our thoughts, but the space around them: a momentary peripheral reverberation, an infinitesimal synaptic break between cognitions,

If asked to explain the value of mindfulness, you may want to consider the following question, can you sit for one minute and completely quiet your mind?  Can you do this without feeling like you’re coming out of your skin?  When Dr. Donna Rockwell first became interested in mindfulness, she discovered that this exercise proved quite a