The Benefits of Mindfulness and Meditation

The Benefits of Mindfulness and Meditation

You’re hearing about mindfulness everywhere, right? That’s because there are amazing benefits to mindfulness and meditation! Much of the research on mindfulness and meditation reveals the amazing neuroplasticity of our brains — while we used to think...
40 Ways to Bring Mindfulness to Your Days

40 Ways to Bring Mindfulness to Your Days

 While mindfulness may make us think of long sessions of seated meditation, it is also something that can be practiced at any moment of our day. And just what does it mean to practice mindfulness? I love Jon Kabat-Zinn’s definition: “Mindfulness is paying...

What Would You Do If You Weren’t Afraid?

When I saw today’s Finish the Sentence Friday prompt, “My bucket list includes….”, I sat back in shock. I, a queen of list-making, did not have a bucket list! I think part of the reason is the morbid nature of a bucket list. And I don’t like the phrase “kicking...

Breathe + Smile: Monday Mindfulness and Gratitude

Mindfulness: Words for a Mindful Moment with the Breath I am currently reading Rachel Joyce’s The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry. I love this passage below, as Harold embarks on his pilgrimage to walk from southern to northern England. Here he discovers...