“Monkey mind” is a Buddhist term likening our mind to the restless and unsettled nature of a monkey. Our mind is always jumping around, grabbing at different things, and never staying still. How do we slow down this monkey mind? The good news is, we don’t have to slow it down. All we have toContinue reading “How Do I Quiet the Monkey Mind?”
Category Archives: mind habits
How Do I Work with Procrastination?
Procrastination is a very common human experience and tendency. With small things or big things, we can at times not want to deal with it at the moment, and defer to a future time instead. It’s good to have that flexibility, but when we keep putting things off that need to be done, anxiety canContinue reading “How Do I Work with Procrastination?”
How Do I Work with Someone I Don’t Like?
We have all likes and dislikes. There are certain kinds of food that we like, and certain kinds of food that we dislike. That’s usually not too much of a problem, because we can typically avoid the food we dislike. But what about people? There are certain kinds of people that we like, and certainContinue reading “How Do I Work with Someone I Don’t Like?”
What Does it Mean to Observe?
When we practice mindfulness, we are simply observing our experience. We are being impartial observers. What does it mean to be an impartial observer? One mindfulness practitioner described it as “observing without getting involved.” So it’s like that. In mindfulness practice, we simply observe everything in our experience without getting involved, without getting wrapped upContinue reading “What Does it Mean to Observe?”
How Do I Work with Situations I Can’t Control?
There is probably nothing more stressful and scary than the feeling of not having control. Most of us have reacted in some way (anger, sadness, anxiety) when we felt that we did not have control over a situation, others, and/or ourselves. The need for control is so deeply conditioned within us that we may notContinue reading “How Do I Work with Situations I Can’t Control?”
How Do I Use Mindfulness to Focus When I Have Multiple Tasks To Do?
Mindfulness is simply paying attention to what is happening right now. In other words, mindfulness is simply paying attention to what you are doing right now. So how do we use mindfulness to focus when we have multiple tasks to do? Whatever we are doing right now, just do that. What does that mean? InContinue reading “How Do I Use Mindfulness to Focus When I Have Multiple Tasks To Do?”
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