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Sasha Ginsburg and Erin Lotz were born and raised in Los Angeles. They met working together in 2010 as therapists at Cedars Sinai Medical Center, teaching Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) and using it to treat patients struggling with many different diagnoses. After sometime, they discovered that was a huge gap in the field of Mental Health and they decided to launch a clinic in West Los Angeles dedicated to teaching DBT individually and in group settings.
How to be Mindful About Consuming Coronavirus News
BY JILL SUTTIE APRIL 9, 2020 My inbox is flooded with news about the coronavirus outbreak. Every hour, I’m hearing about how many people are infected and dying, how woefully unprepared we are for this pandemic, and how the economy is tanking. It’s enough to make my head explode with panic and dread. Of ...
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Six Daily Questions to Ask Yourself While Social Distancing
BY BROOKE ANDERSON APRIL 13, 2020 As the COVID-19 pandemic spreads, and efforts to “flatten the curve” through physical distancing intensify, many of us find ourselves quarantined at home. The physical isolation and sudden departure from familiar routines can be jarring and disorienting. Settling in for the possibility of an extended shelter-in-place order, I ...
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3 Active Strategies for Engaged Listening
February 12, 2019 • By Cedar Barstow, MEd, CHT Can you recall an experience of being in a conversation with a friend or at work where people were talking “over” each other? Interesting things might have been said, but you may not have been able to follow the conversation or truly connect with ...
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Sparking Joy: A Mindfulness Practice for Everyday
BY WILLEM KUYKEN NOVEMBER 6, 2019 Mindfulness involves several attitudes of mind that are pivotal to the transformation and liberation of the mind: befriending, compassion, joy and equanimity. These qualities are seen as the foundations of all our development as we embark on a path of mindfulness practice. They are seen as being potentialities and ...
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Why Mindfulness Isn’t About Control
BY ELISABETH GOLD AUGUST 27, 2020 At this time of the pandemic, I hear many psychologists, psychiatrists, and other mental health practitioners recommending that people “focus on what they can control.” “We need to control this virus.” “Doctors are working hard to control the coronavirus.” This advice irks me, and the word “control” ...
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8 Effective Tools for Staying Focused and Getting Stuff Done
Posted Aug 22, 2020 By Traci Stein Ph.D., MPH What do innumerable Zoom meetings, an unceasingly stressful new cycle, a pandemic, working from home, a steady stream of smart phone alerts, and general uncertainty all have in common? Each of these strains our ability to feel centered, focus, and get things done. ...
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When All You Can Do is Breathe
By Jodi Harris “Don’t try to change anything at all, just breathe and let go. Breathe and let be… in your mind and in your heart, give yourself permission to allow this moment to be exactly as it is, and allow yourself to be exactly as you are.” ~Jon Kabat-Zinn ...
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Why I Appreciate Simple Things in Life After The Coronavirus
By Maxim Dsouza “It’s not a bad idea to occasionally spend a little time thinking about things you take for granted. Plain everyday things.” ~Evan Davis Let me go back in time. Not too long, but only six months ago when the virus outbreak hadn’t occurred yet. I was cursing the ...
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Three Ways Acceptance Helps You Work with Difficult Emotions
Welcoming and letting tough emotions be—instead of pushing them away—might be the key to riding out unpleasant experiences. BY ZINDEL SEGAL MAY 18, 2016 People often stumble over the concept of acceptance as an approach for dealing with difficult emotions and mind states. In mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) groups that I’ve led, this ...
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Choosing Gratitude and Optimism
By Gregory L. Jantz Ph.D. Gratitude is the antidote for toxic things that come into our lives. Simply put, gratitude fosters optimism, which strengthens hope. That’s why it’s hard to imagine more effective soul medicine than gratitude. The list of things we can and should be thankful for—even in our darkest ...
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