by Sarah Rudell Beach | Sep 24, 2018
… and what it is, I think, is pretty clear. A few years ago, I had the privilege of attending a day-long retreat and workshop led by Jon Kabat-Zinn (who developed Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center in the late...
by Sarah Rudell Beach | Sep 17, 2018
Almost every mindfulness training I lead begins with this question: Why do we need mindfulness? It’s an important question. Just because we’re hearing about something EVERYWHERE doesn’t mean we should jump on the bandwagon! I think when it comes to...
by Sarah Rudell Beach | Aug 27, 2018
Over 130 years ago, Leo Tolstoy published a short story that began with these words: It once occurred to a certain king, that if he always knew the right time to begin everything; if he knew who were the right people to listen to, and whom to avoid; and, above all, if...
by Sarah Rudell Beach | Aug 20, 2018
“Stress” seems to be an epidemic right now — emails to answer, activities to attend, houses to clean, groceries to buy, jobs to do… The pressure seems never-ending. But here’s what you need to know: Stress may be a given in our...
by Sarah Rudell Beach | Aug 6, 2018
I think it’s pretty amazing that we live in a world where there are researchers who devote themselves entirely to the study of the things that make us happy. What practices bring us joy? How do we craft a meaningful life? For much of its history, psychology...
by Sarah Rudell Beach | Jul 30, 2018
The On-Demand Mom As moms, we rarely get much of a break. It seems our children instinctively know when we get on the phone or finally sit down in the bathroom and that’s when the cries of “Mom! Mom! Mom! Mom!” begin. Even when we’re not home,...
