From Right Mindfulness: A guide to living skillfully© by Lynette Monteiro & Frank Musten Mindfulness as a word, a concept, and a practice permeates our awareness these days. We learn of ways to be mindful through meditation and intentional attention so that we can cope with the myriad challenges that arise, often unexpectedly, in our [...]
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One Minute Mindfulness – a book of continuous practice
Donald Altman is a psychotherapist, a former Buddhist monk, and author of The Mindfulness Code. Another book he wrote, Meal by Meal: 365 Daily Meditations for Finding Balance through Mindful Eating, could easily be a precursor to his current effort, One Minute Mindfulness. Altman comes with impressive credentials and it does more than lend weight [...]
A Word by any other Name
The word "mindfulness" has become a main-stay in our vocabulary these days. I hear it used every where and it takes on a very individualistic meaning. The speaker could be referring to a course they took, a skill they learned, or it can even be a way of playing that one-up, one-down game of the [...]
Standing Up To Burn Out
Our inaugural course for burn out has yielded a treasure trove of information. Ten participants took part in the 8-week Mindfulness-Based Burn Out Resiliency Program from May to June. All ten participants completed the course and reported that it had changed their perspectives on how to manage the work-personal life dimensions more effectively. Measures of [...]
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