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M.E.A.N.

This “portable” mindfulness practice can support you as difficult moments arise at any point in your day. The acronym of MEAN can take as little as a few seconds to a few minutes to complete. Try it out and see … Continue reading

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Thank you

I texted my father — our first message in months — asking if the link he had sent to an online photo album was real. He said it was. I selected the first photo: Two-year-old me, smiling wide, nestled in … Continue reading

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Break Through

One of her biggest break throughs was realizing that her own anxiety was stirred by seeing anxious patients, and theirs was stirred by hers. She created a more comfortable environment in her clinic, such as practicing mindful listening and offering … Continue reading

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Taking in the Good

Pause for a moment and notice and experience of kindness, gratitude or awe that you may have experienced today or remember from the past. Maybe your neighbor drove you to and from work for three days while your car was … Continue reading

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Two Questions

When people are dying only two things matter…They just want to know : Was I loved? And did I love well? Love: that’s all that really matters….Love is for here and now  

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