Left Brain Buddha
the modern mindful life
Welcome to Left Brain Buddha! We’ve got all sorts of ideas and resources here to help you live your modern mindful life.
A Mindful Approach to New Year’s Resolutions
Are your New Year’s Resolutions abandoned by Valentine’s Day? Try approaching resolution-making with mindfulness!
Just This Next Step
It’s a revolutionary act in our culture to refuse to be a multi-tasker, and dedicate oneself to single-tasking. But, like many revolutionary acts, the result is profound.
Read moreWhen we spend our time wishing everything would just go faster we are not fully present.
WAIT: A Mindfulness Practice for Waiting in Line
When we spend our time wishing everything would just go faster we are not fully present. Research shows we spend over 5 HOURS A MONTH waiting in lines. That's almost three full days a year! Waiting in line provides a perfect opportunity for us to practice mindfulness....
Equanimity and Other Lessons Blowing in the Wind
How much time do we spend trying to control the wind, rather than adjusting our sails?
Simple Ways to Practice Gratitude
One of the most powerful things you can do to be happier is practice gratitude. Check out these simple practices for bringing joy & gratitude to your life.
Right Now, It’s Like This
You don’t have to like the present moment. But whether you wanted it to be like this or not, this is what it’s like. So how are you going to be with that?
A Mindful Minute: 10 Simple Ways to Bring Peace to Your Day
Think you’re too busy to stop for a minute? Then you REALLY need to stop for a minute! Bring peace to your day with a Mindful Minute.
Mindfulness Practices for Little Kids
Mindfulness is a powerful practice that helps ALL of us improve our focus and concentration, as well as understand our emotions and respond wisely to difficult situations. And as complicated as those skills are, even the youngest among us can learn how to do them...
The Secret Power of Your Stable Nervous System
So often, when children are dysregulated and upset, we end up joining them in their dysregulation. But there’s a powerful superpower we can use instead.
Mindful Studying {a.k.a., how to learn without losing your mind!}
Whether you are learning mitosis, marketing, or metal-jewelry making, read on for tips to make your learning stick! (*if you’re the parent of a teen, you may want to share this with them)
I Need Some Space
First Fig My candle burns at both ends; It will not last the night; But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends— It gives a lovely light! -Edna St. Vincent Millay We celebrate, as a culture, those who burn the candle at both ends -- the devoted...
Stress Management: From Top to Bottom
If you’re like most of us, you struggle with stress management. Discover the TWO main ways you can work with your stress and cultivate greater joy!
Mindful Mantras for Difficult Days
Eight mindful mantras to help you cultivate joy, even on your most difficult days.
What Dead Poets Society Taught Me About Being a Teacher
photo credit: wikimedia commons We may remember him as Mork, Mrs. Doubtfire, Peter Pan, or the Genie, but for me, Robin Williams will always be Mr. Keating. I first watched Dead Poets Society in high school. It’s still one of my favorite movies. Its embrace of...
When the World Breaks Your Heart. AGAIN.
It's Sunday morning, and the early sunlight of what promises to be a beautiful summer day is streaming into my office and reflecting off my hardwood floors. My children are playing together in the family room, and I'm cozied up in my chaise lounge, with a warm mug of...
Mindfulness: This Is It
Practicing mindfulness means we simply accept the present moment for what it is. Because it is what it is. Because this is it.
Meditation Tips: 6 Meditation Problems That Aren’t Really Problems… But Here’s How To Deal With Them Anyway!
You’ve begun your meditation practice. You’ve read all the meditation tips. And then you encounter problems. But there are no problems in meditation!
What It’s Like to Go on a Silent Meditation Retreat: The Strange, the Challenging, and the Ahh-MAZE-ing!
Ever wondered what a silent meditation retreat is like? Completely disconnecting from the digital world, and not speaking, reading, or even making eye contact with other people?